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From the St. Louis Review:

Archbishop Raymond L. Burke wants St. Louis University president Father Lawrence Biondi, SJ, to clarify contradictory published remarks attributed to him about embryonic stem cell research, which the Church condemns.

For more info about this situation, please see my previous post on this topic. I truly hope Fr. Biondi will strongly declare his pro-life position on this issue, as he is the president of Saint Louis University—St. Louis' most prominent Catholic institution of higher education, as well as the institution in which I am currently enrolled.

I am pleased to announce that, within a month or two, a Spanish version of the popular PROLIFE Wristbands will become available. Vida Humana International affiliates will be distributing the wristbands, first to Latin American nations, and then, hopefully, to other nations. The new wristbands will be bilingual, pronouncing 'PROLIFE' on one side, and 'PROVIDA' on the other, and will be the same color blue as the original PROLIFE Wristband.

Over 100,000 youth and adult-sized PROLIFE Wristbands have been sold since my sister and I received our first 10,000 in November of 2004. For more information, please visit the PROLIFE Wristband website. Please pray that the success of these wristbands will help to spread and strengthen the right to life throughout the world, no matter what language a person speaks!

After reading the article "Biondi's presence at meeting on stem cells creates a stir" in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's 'Metro' section today, I didn't know what to think. It would seem that either Fr. Biondi (the Jesuit priest who is president of Saint Louis University, the University at which I take many of my classes) endorses embryonic stem cell research (the killing of an innocent human life to obtain stem cells which has not yet proven to be worthwhile scientifically or medically), or he endorses only adult stem cell research (the use of discarded stem cells in umbilical cords or other stem cells in which no human life is destroyed—this research has already produced medical success stories, and has proven to be very beneficial).

From NPR: New York Corrects Restroom Disparity

"it aims to bring potty parity..."

In an interesting turn of events, Apple (the maker of Mac OS X—the world's best Operating System) has announced that they will not be using PowerPC processors anymore. Now they will be using processors designed by Intel (the company that designs processors used in most Windows-based PCs.

I don't yet know quite what to think about all this, for a few reasons. First of all, it would almost be insane for Apple to give up hardware production, so I don't think anybody will be able to install OSX on a run-of-the-mill piece of junk Dell computer. Second, Apple can't yet count on OS X sales alone to drive Mac acceptance, simply because not enough people know about OS X's advanced and far superior (than Windows XP, Longhorn, or any other PC operating system) abilities.

Lots of news today...

First of all, I'm back at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary for a week or so while we host the annual summer camp for youth and high-school aged men, Kenrick-Glennon Days. This year's event has been an awesome experience so far, and it looks to be running smoothly. I'm the 'tech guy,' and I've had a great time talking to high-schoolers, campers, and, of course, my fellow seminarians. I'll be sure to post more information about the camp as time passes.