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 Contents - Nov 2013AD2000 November 2013 - Buy a copy now
Editorial: Pope Francis' call to holiness - Peter Westmore
Human rights: Zoe's Law and the right to life - Eamonn Keane
News: The Church Around the World
Culture: Cardinal Pell: defend religious freedom - Cardinal George Pell
Schools: The future of Catholic education - Archbishop Timothy Costelloe
Youth: Emmanuel Community: youth ministry powerhouse - Br Barry Coldrey
Interview: G.K. Chesterton's cause for sainthood - Dale Ahlquist
Marriage: Humanae Vitae: for an excellent love - Anne Lastman
Marriage: English bishop warns on same-sex marriage law - Bishop Philip Egan
Letters: Pope misrepresented - C. O'Driscoll
Letters: Australia's new Prime Minister - Arnold Jago
Letters: Three to get married - Cedric Wright
Letters: Total love - Madge Fahy
Letters: Clutching at straws - Anne Lastman
Letters: Finding balance - Walter H. Kirk
Books: Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer and Sex changed a Nation at War - Gabrielle Walsh (reviewer)
Books: WHO NEEDS GOD?, by Barbara Stockl with Christoph Cardinal Schönborn - Br Barry Coldrey (reviewer)
Books: THE CRAFT OF CATECHESIS, by P. Wiley, P. de Cointet and B. Morgan - Br Barry Coldrey (reviewer)
Support: 2013 Fighting Fund Progress Report - Peter Westmore
Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
Reflection: Bishop Anthony Fisher: Do you want to be a saint? - Bishop Anthony Fisher

I disagree with Dr Mobbs' comments regarding Anne Lastman's article on Humanae Vitae. Total love includes every part of the human person, including the reproductive organs.

We are now living with the results of contraception with our young people being taught that there is no such thing as sin, so do whatever you like, when you like, and with whom you like. The choice is yours.

What they are not taught is that this freedom comes with a high price (even using contraceptives) as they do not prevent the spread of STIs which can have long-lasting medical consequences.

Despite the promotion of contraceptives in order to reduce unplanned pregnancies, it has failed in the past and will fail in the future. The Guttmacher Institute reports that nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended, and 54 per cent of women who have abortions have used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant.

Let us not forget that the contraceptive pill is classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a Group 1 Carcinogen – carcinogenic to humans – the same level as tobacco and asbestos.

MADGE FAHY
Ashwood, Vic

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Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 26 No 10 (November 2013), p. 14

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