A news round up - 9 August 2014

The news you may have missed:

• J.R.R. Tolkien's translation of biblical Book of Jonah is soon to be republished. Jonah's tomb was recently destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

• The Catholic apostolate Courage has produced a new 1-hour film titled Desire of the Everlasting Hills: Hope in Isolation. Courage in Turmoil. Grace in the Last Place You Expect about three people who left behind a homosexual lifestyle in favor of chastity.

•  A new study conducted by researchers at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center - and published in the journal Cancer Research - shows that women who take oral contraceptives are 50% more likely to develop breast cancer. This isn't the first study to show this.

• Rome Reports has a short piece about Michael James Mette, a Catholic singer, song writer, and evangelist from Effingham, Illinois.

• The New York Post reports that summer 2014 is the coldest in a decade.

• Buddhist extremists oppose Pope's visit to Sri Lanki, which he is scheduled to make in January.

NFL must "man up and bring the truth to light"

So says Matthew Hanley concerning the NFL's support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Writing at MercatorNet he says:

The linchpin uniting the reproductive risk factors is their relationship to the hormone estrogen. Overexposure to estrogen is carcinogenic – which is one reason why oral contraceptives and Hormone Replacement Therapy leads to more breast cancer. And in the early phases of pregnancy, a woman is exposed to massive amounts of estrogen, which triggers a proliferation of the types of breast lobules (Type 1 and 2) most susceptible to cancer. It is only in the weeks prior to birth that other hormones begin to help transform those vulnerable lobules into (Type 3 and 4) cancer-resistant lobules. A woman who terminates her pregnancy thus experiences a dangerous spike in estrogen without acquiring the protective tissues that emerge only by bringing a child to term. 

Most pink campaigns avoid any hint of these factors like the plague; the Susan G. Komen Foundation, a prominent advocacy and fundraising group, vehemently and unequivocally denies the link between abortion and breast cancer, citing Beral’s shady “study”. Komen is evidently content to ignore mounting epidemiological evidence along with current knowledge of breast physiology which makes such a link all the more creditable. 

Curiously, Komen also funnels millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood – already a recipient of considerable governmental largesse. By doling out tons of contraceptives and providing for more abortion than any other outfit in the country, Planned Parenthood virtually ensures that the breast cancer epidemic will persist, not shrink. 

You don’t have to be a cynic to find this cozy relationship a bit fishy.

His entire piece is worth reading, especially since he offers links to demonstate the truth.

Abortion has a medical link to breast cancer

From Life Site News:

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – A microbiologist says there are so many published studies confirming the link between induced abortion and breast cancer that he plans to publish one every day on his blog until he’s mentioned them all. It will take Dr. Gerard Nadal so many weeks to cover them all, the blogging will continue until early next year.

Nadal, who has a has a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from St John’s University in New York, has spent 16 years teaching science, most recently at Manhattan College.

He will report on one abortion-breast cancer study daily until he has exhausted all of the abortion-breast cancer studies and he anticipates he may be reporting on these studies as late as January or February of 2011 [more].

You can read Dr. Nadal's blog here.