The Catholic Church has a moral teaching. Everybody knows this, and it is on account of her moral teaching that people who do not wish to believe that the Catholic Church is the true religion, and who do not wish …
Category: Humanae Vitae
The Fifth Prophecy of Humanae Vitae
In his 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI prophesied four serious consequences if contraception became embraced by the culture and the family: infidelity/moral decadence, lost respect for and use of women by their husbands, government’s abuse of power, and …
In Austria, Official Websites under Cdl. Schönborn Undermining Humanae Vitae
The official website of the Austrian bishops under Cardinal Christoph Schönborn’s watch, as well as his own diocesan website, has published a series of articles in light of the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae …
Dear Holy Father: A Catholic’s Query on Contraception
Your Holiness, I pray for your humble patience with me as I try to understand recent comments. It has been reported that in speaking to an Argentine nun, Sister Marta Pelloni, you expressed that you see no harm in using …
On Contraception, Now Even Wojtyla is “Rigid” and “Doctrinaire”
By Renzo Puccetti The release of a book on the encyclical Humanae Vitae, which documents the influential help of the then-Archbishop of Krakow, has become an occasion for Avvenire to renew an assault on the encyclical published 50 years ago. …