Friday, October 30, 2009

Recent News Highlights

* Reports indicate that Pope Benedict will meet with the (so-called) 'Archbishop' of Canterbury on November 21 at the Vatican [Reminder: Anglican 'clergy' are not true priests - their orders have been ruled invalid by the Church: "Wherefore, strictly adhering, in this matter, to the decrees of the pontiffs, our predecessors, and confirming them most fully, and, as it were, renewing them by our authority, of our own initiative and certain knowledge, we pronounce and declare that ordinations carried out according to the Anglican rite have been, and are, absolutely null and utterly void." (Pope Leo XIII, "Apostolicae Curae", 1896 A.D., emphasis added)]

* Scary new world: A scientific 'breakthrough' may eventually allow scientists to create embryos in the laboratory from skin cells, leading to the possibility of "[enabling] homosexuals to have children created from their own cells without the use of donated ova or sperm"

* More proof of the need for fathers: Recent research shows that children raised without their fathers may experience "reduced brain development, leading to an increase in aggressive behavior", findings which back earlier research that shows that those who grow up without their father may have the "highest odds of incarceration"

* A new study shows that c*ntraceptives (use of which is gravely sinful) may double a woman's risk of stroke

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