The Church and Condoms
Last weekend, headlines focused on how Pope Benedict was apparently changing the Church’s teachings about the immorality of the use of condoms. The comments, excerpted from a book length interview of...
View ArticleThe Pope’s Interview with Peter Seewald
One of the stupidest and most dispiriting expressions of the media culture that I have ever encountered is the “coverage” of Pope Benedict’s recently-published interview entitled Light of the World. I...
View ArticleA Catholic Woman’s Journey with Contraception
I was in high school when the advent of the birth-control pill was announced to the world, and it was declared by secular society to be a wondrously liberating device. For married women, the pill was...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote from Pope Paul VI
“Responsible men can become more deeply convinced of the truth of the doctrine laid down by the Church on this issue if they reflect on the consequences of methods and plans for artificial birth...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Marriage
It is impossible to ignore the ongoing and hotly contested debate in our country about the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman. The partisans on both sides of the issue have...
View ArticleA Real March for Life Demands We March to the Beat of a Different Drummer
Some pro-lifers that will arrive in Washington D.C. on January 22 for the March for Life, don’t understand that in spite of their passion for the unborn, they are part of the culture that brings us the...
View ArticleDifficulties with Defending Life
Forget parachuting or haunted houses for chills. If you want scary, try walking into a pro-choice demonstration and saying a few “Our Fathers.” Last spring, some friends and I crashed a rally...
View ArticlePaul VI, Prophet
This coming July, we will mark the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s deeply controversial encyclical letter Humanae vitae. I won’t bore you with the details of the innumerable battles, disagreements,...
View ArticleKeeping Love Loving and Open to God
On July 25, the Church marks the fiftieth anniversary of the most reviled and rejected magisterial document of all time. Many papal encyclicals remain unread, others are perused and ignored, but Pope...
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