Catholic News Highlights, Friday August 24th

Catholic News Agency:

• Officials investigating laboratories that are hiding potential abortifacient effect of morning-after pill: "Officials in Argentina are investigating the laboratories of Monte Verde and Biotenk, which market the “morning-after pill” under various brand names, for hiding from consumers the potential abortifacient nature of the drug."
• Africans demand countries follow Ugandan model of abstinence in order to stop AIDS: "The website AllAfrica.com has published an opinion piece by an African expert who is calling on leaders to follow the successful model of Uganda in the effort to stop AIDS, placing emphasis on abstinence and conjugal fidelity instead of the use of condoms."
• Sex-selective abortions skyrocket in India: "The increasingly more widespread use of technology in India to enable mothers to know the sex of their unborn babies has led to a significant increase in the number of aborted girls, according to pro-life activists and government officials."
• Controversy swirls as sales of Plan B soar: "The often contentious pill known as Plan B has turned out to be a major seller for its manufacturer with sales increasing eightfold since 2004. However, the pill still remains morally objectionable to many."
• Archdiocese of San Antonio dedicates new seminary dorm to meet vocational demands: "The Archdiocese of San Antonio has many things to be thankful for, but on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, Archbishop Jose Gomez was able to give it one more reason to express gratitude, a new dormitory for the seminary."

Catholic News Service:

• In India, bishops get a crash course in computers, Internet

Catholic World News:

• Australian bishop backs reconsideration of celibacy, women's ordination: "Bishop Pat Power, an auxiliary of the Canberra, Australia diocese, has indicated his support for an end to mandatory clerical celibacy, and suggested a new discussion of the possibility of ordaining women." [seriously?! I'll try to follow-up on this one. Update: more from Louise in Australia and Carl Olson of Ignatius Press and Diogenes of CWNews]
• UN leaders manipulated plan to promote abortion in Africa.
• Australian racetrack officials unhappy with World Youth Day plans [Apparently this dispute is still continuing. Hopefully it gets resolves soon.]

Zenit:

• Papal Address to Youth of Madrid: "Cultivate Your Own Personal Encounter With Christ"
• Teaching Self-Worth Seen as Africa's Solution: AIDS Nurse Addresses Communion and Liberation
• Italian Youth Readying for Papal Visit: Benedict XVI Will Head to Loreto Saturday
• St. Teresa of Calcutta This Year?: Lay Group Prays for Anticipated Canonization