Here's the link to a comprehensive list of statistics...
Studies like these remind me of one of the main reasons I'm personally for legal abortion; you can practice contraception and despite your best efforts still get pregnant when you do not want to have a baby and raise a child. What is left then? Living in poverty or giving the baby to another person to raise.
7/13/10
VACATION ALONE? HAVE YOU ENJOYED TAKING A VACATION ALONE?
Staying in your own hotel room alone, dining out alone, going to the beach alone... you're bound to come in contact with some people of course, but LOVING YOUR OWN COMPANY is the key... and if you DON'T LIKE TO 'PARTY'... well, what about the joy of having no one calling you on the phone, no one interrupting you so you can sink deep into that book without interruption...
7/5/10
FIFTY YEARS OF THE CONTRACEPTION THE PILL
NOT "BIRTH CONTROL" (How did it ever get that stupid name?) but CONTRACEPTION... has never been more perfect than "the pill." But it's still not perfect for everyone. I've known women who got pregnant despite practicing every kind of contraception there is..
Link to this news story about the pill's 50th anniversary - this year!
Link to this news story about the pill's 50th anniversary - this year!
6/25/10
HAVE YOU BEEN TREATED DIFFERENTLY IN YOUR PARENTS WILL BECAUSE YOU NEVER MARRIED
Some of the old spinsters got the family farm... Some got ignored because the husband they never had was supposed to "take care" of them... and you?
6/15/10
BUDDHIST NUNS TELL THEIR STORY at
IMAGINE OURSELVES is a (Feminist) Woman's Project... and this site is really amazing to me.
"In many parts of Himalayan region, the number of women joining Tibetan Buddhist nunneries is in decline, or else institutions face political and other challenges, and struggle to remain open. In Bhutan, however, nunneries have begun to flourish. In 1960, the country had two nunneries. Today, there are over thirteen."
Portraits of Bhutan’s Nuns by Miranda Mimi Kuo-Deemer
"In many parts of Himalayan region, the number of women joining Tibetan Buddhist nunneries is in decline, or else institutions face political and other challenges, and struggle to remain open. In Bhutan, however, nunneries have begun to flourish. In 1960, the country had two nunneries. Today, there are over thirteen."
Portraits of Bhutan’s Nuns by Miranda Mimi Kuo-Deemer
6/12/10
HAVE A VOCATION with THE SISTERS OF CHARITY
Here's the link for the SISTERS of CHARITY, who have groups in many places in the United States. For some being able to do good works while having basic housing, clothing, food, and medical is not just enough... it's everything they ever wanted.
6/10/10
POPE DEFENDS CELIBACY TODAY - ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer
"VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended celibacy for priests as a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world Thursday, insisting on a church tradition that has increasingy come under scrutiny amid the clerical sex abuse scandal.
Benedict didn't directly mention the crisis that has rocked the Catholic Church for months in his comments to some 15,000 priests who massed in St. Peter's Square. But in an apparent reference to the crisis, Benedict spoke about "secondary scandals" that showed "our own insufficiencies and sins."
Benedict's comments came during an evening vigil service to mark the end of the Vatican's year of the priest — a year that has been marred by revelations of hundreds of new cases of clerical abuse, cover-up and Vatican inaction to root out pedophile priests."
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SISTER HERE! OF COURSE PRIESTS should be celibate IF THAT'S THE VOW THEY TOOK!
And to me they would not be priests if they were not celibate. Look at the trouble the CHURCH OF ENGLAND is in now that PRINCE CHARLES, it's head to be, cannot be due to all that mess with Princess Diana and his current wife, his former mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles
"VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended celibacy for priests as a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world Thursday, insisting on a church tradition that has increasingy come under scrutiny amid the clerical sex abuse scandal.
Benedict didn't directly mention the crisis that has rocked the Catholic Church for months in his comments to some 15,000 priests who massed in St. Peter's Square. But in an apparent reference to the crisis, Benedict spoke about "secondary scandals" that showed "our own insufficiencies and sins."
Benedict's comments came during an evening vigil service to mark the end of the Vatican's year of the priest — a year that has been marred by revelations of hundreds of new cases of clerical abuse, cover-up and Vatican inaction to root out pedophile priests."
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SISTER HERE! OF COURSE PRIESTS should be celibate IF THAT'S THE VOW THEY TOOK!
And to me they would not be priests if they were not celibate. Look at the trouble the CHURCH OF ENGLAND is in now that PRINCE CHARLES, it's head to be, cannot be due to all that mess with Princess Diana and his current wife, his former mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles
6/2/10
RELIGIOUS ORDERS MONTH - ARE YOU RE RELIGIOUS?
Many people remain "Never Married No Kids" because they become religious or spiritual and decide to devote their life to prayer or good works formally, by joining a Holy Order. They become priests, nuns, monks...
Let me say this about the vow of poverty. Many of the people who are in these orders have food, shelter, clothing, and medical insurance/care. There are plenty of people who have less. They are usually around other people for much of their day (the two sisters walking down the street together) and are not always alone or without a sense of family or community. Many of them have college educations thanks to their order.
That is MORE than a lot of poor people have! - Sister
Let me say this about the vow of poverty. Many of the people who are in these orders have food, shelter, clothing, and medical insurance/care. There are plenty of people who have less. They are usually around other people for much of their day (the two sisters walking down the street together) and are not always alone or without a sense of family or community. Many of them have college educations thanks to their order.
That is MORE than a lot of poor people have! - Sister
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