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Homilies from Called to Give Life

Various Authors — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:28:15 +0000

This is a collection of resources for pastors and other pastoral leaders to help present the ancient and powerful wisdom of the Christian church on married sexuality.Includes a collection of homilies addressing these concerns; background from the Church fathers, Scripture, and magisterial teaching; and practical pointers for transmitting this wisdom.

The Catholic Hospital Chapel

Bishop Robert F. Vasa — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:21:26 +0000

This article is a meditation on the spiritual dimension and driving force of Catholic health care.

The Bible vs Contraception

Jason T. Adams, MA — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:21:22 +0000

This article, taken from the book Called to Give Life, traces the Bible's opposition to contraception from Genesis to Revelation with wonderful clarity.

Study: Abortion, Contraception Raise Breast Cancer Risk

One More Soul Staff — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:57:05 +0000

Study is 9 months old, but still no warnings from cancer establishment

Contact: Karen Malec, Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, 847-421-4000

MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 6 /Christian Newswire/ – Less than two months since the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending against routine mammograms for women in their forties, a second breast cancer scandal involving a U.S. government panel of experts has come to light which has implications for healthcare reform.

Women at High Risk of Significant Bone Loss on Injectable Birth Control Identified

One More Soul Staff — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:02:19 +0000

ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2009) — Nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

What a Woman Should Know about Birth Control

Chris Kahlenborn, MD — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:08:40 +0000

What a Woman Should Know About Contraceptives contains information on all the major methods of contraception, with their methods of action and health consequences. Natural Family Planning is also presented briefly as a beneficial alternative.

A Woman’s Story of Her Husband’s Vasectomy & Reversal

One More Soul Staff — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:56:04 +0000

The personal testimony of Kim, a wife and mother of five…
Ten years ago my husband had a vasectomy after the birth of our fifth child. I pleaded with him not to do it, and the kids and I went away for the weekend while his brother took him to the appointment. That day is etched in my mind forever. I relive it often and especially when the kids reach a milestone such as graduating from school or getting their drivers license, etc. The journey has taken me down many different roads as I tried to replace the loss of my fertility. I exercised incessantly to make sure that I was always attractive and in good shape, I bordered on anorexia as my vanity took over. I lost my zeal for the Church and my vocation as a mother. I lost trust in my husband’s decisions for the family, but all the while I never expressed my heartache because the vasectomy changed my husband in many ways as well. He became very focused on his work, his career advancement and the money that he could make under the guise of “providing” for the family. He continued to seek his own will and not that of God in his decisions, and I felt afraid of the control that he had over me. In hindsight, taking away someone’s fertility against their will is one of the most controlling things that anyone can do. I vacillated between hope and despair because I knew the Church’s teaching about married love and the sacrament of marriage, and I wished with my entire being that my husband could love me like “Christ loved the Church.”

The connection between contraception and abortion

Prof. Janet E. Smith — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:15:45 +0000

Many in the pro-life movement are reluctant to make a connection between contraception and abortion. They insist that these are two very different acts–that there is all the difference in the world between contraception, which prevents a life from coming to be and abortion, which takes a life that has already begun.

Breast Cancer Risk from Abortion

Chris Kahlenborn, MD — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:14:40 +0000

This article contains clear and persuasive information about the connection between breast cancer and abortion.

Breast Cancer, Abortion, and the Pill

Chris Kahlenborn, MD — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:13:55 +0000

For the past year, One More Soul has been privileged to work with Dr. Chris Kahlenborn in publishing his new book: Breast Cancer, Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill . This book is the culmination of seven years the author spent reviewing and analyzing more than 500 research studies and related works. It is very timely because of the breast cancer epidemic, which currently threatens every woman.