5 Keys to Better Understand the Encyclical Humanae Vitae
Many Catholics have characterized the encyclical as ‘prophetic’
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The Birth-Control Pill for Therapy?
ASK THE ETHICISTS: The Church teaches that direct sterilization and contraception are always immoral regardless of good intentions, but indirect sterilization is another matter.
The Hormonal Hatchet Job
COMMENTARY: When readers drill down into women’s complaints about the pill, they don’t seem so illegitimate, and they certainly don’t fit the definition of ‘misinformation.’
Christ ‘Taught as One Having Authority’ — and So Must His Church
The response to Humanae Vitae was immediate, vitriolic, predictable — and avoidable.
The Pro-Life Movement’s Achilles’ Heel
COMMENTARY: The state-level battles over abortion are exposing what decades of a widespread contraceptive mentality has done to the spiritual state of our nation.
Why I Love St. Paul VI, the Pope of Humanae Vitae
Paul VI did not shy away from the suffering that would follow from reiterating the Church’s ancient teaching on contraception.
Pro-Life and Social Justice: ‘Humanae Vitae’ Helps Catholics Breathe Out of Both Lungs
COMMENTARY: Paul VI’s prophetic encyclical — like the moral teachings of the Church more broadly — is both a pro-life and traditional encyclical and a progressive social encyclical.
Cardinal Ladaria: Truth About Humanity and Sexuality Doesn’t Change Because of Changes in Ideology
Jesuit Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave the opening remarks at a May 19-20 congress on ‘Humanae Vitae,’ the 1968 landmark encyclical from St. Paul VI.
John Finnis to Pontifical Academy for Life: Church’s Infallible Teaching Against Contraception Is ‘Certainly True’
The renowned professor of natural law spoke last month at a Rome conference, convened in response to a recent Pontifical Academy for Life publication that challenged this teaching.
The Church and Contraception: Experts Expose Errors in Pontifical Academy for Life Book
‘Our experience and science confirm that it is possible to follow and apply the teachings of the Catholic Church and accompany couples in their specific situations without departing from the teachings of Humanae Vitae.’
