World Yoof Day continues

[dreamer_easy]

Yay: An olive branch to other faiths: Catholics host an interfaith and ecumenical summit today. "There is no threat to Catholics from understanding other faiths and reaching out. I can understand the fear that some might have of diluting their faith but if you are part of a dialogue like this you tend to be committed and know a lot about your faith because you're called on to share it."

Nay: Condoms backing 'won't alter HIV spread', according to a visiting South African bishop. He claims that the HIV rate in South Africa is increasing despite the country being a leader in free condom distribution. Um, it's actually decreasing. However, sexism is preventing women from being able to demand condom use - in particular, from conservative men. Perhaps the bishop could have a word with them.

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[hnpcc]

How long is this bloody day? I'm sure the technical definition is around 24 hours and this seems to have been going on for freaking months.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Did you hear about the interfaith conference (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j95kYgUncjTml3DKk24ewOWoOJ1QD91USBUO0) in Madrid hosted by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia? Apparently there's some scandal about one of the organizers having ties to al-Quaida, but it's still an interesting thing.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

On the contraceptive issue: a friend posted a link to this on her site this morning. Pray that Rudd or Pell don't take this idea on board.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-page/hhs-moves-to-define-contr_b_112887.html

Off topic, but cute link

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

James May's cat, Fusker, has his own blog
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=6747909406