A Hard Pill to Swallow - Christianity Today Magazine via Amy Welborn - This speaks for itself. If you have Protestant friends who are friendly towards this Catholic teaching, send it to them. Sometimes Protestants will listen to other Protestants. It takes a while to get to the point of even hoping to give the Catholic Church a fair shake on anything ... at least it did with me.

I am also very glad to see that the birth control pill being an abortificient is sufficient enough grounds to get people seriously thinking about the issue of contraception. See the Contraception portion of my conversion story for details on how this issue affected my life.

classic_cartoons - We have had a hard time giving up TV. Gabe dressed up as Superman for Halloween ... I HAD to let him watch a couple of the old Superman toons.

Pope to Bishops: Don't Water Down Church Teachings and sadly, of course, we all know this happens too often. I got the distinct imporession watching the Journey Home the other night that people do not come into the Catholic Church expecting people to tell them that all is OK with where they are and that nothing is expected of them to take their relationship with Christ to the next level. It actually takes the wind out of your sails when every week you hear of large numbers of priests telling their congregations essentially to "be good", live and let live.

Study finds live-in boyfriend puts kids at risk - Not only that but 48 TIMES more at risk. Folks, this is a strong association and this is very much worth being concerned about. You are used to seeing weak associations, or what amounts to "hot air" about every topic from things that cause cancer to global warming as NATIONAL HEADLINES. Lets see if actual alarming statistics cause a rethinking of shacking up.