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Pope Peter defends the papacy while explaining its role and limits

November 4, 2020 Casey Chalk 5

You have to wait until the very last paragraph of Joe Heschmeyer’s new book Pope Peter: Defending the Church’s Most Distinctive Doctrine in a Time of Crisis to get his opinion of our current pope […]

The Dispatch

Bringing “fertility awareness” to the medical community

February 26, 2019 Jeanette Flood 3

Marguerite Duane, M.D., was a family-medicine resident setting her postpartum patients up with birth control when she first learned that there were family-planning alternatives with no side effects. She was dumbfounded that she could have […]

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“Unprotected” documentary tells the story of Paul VI, the Pill, and sexual revolution

August 31, 2018 Patrick Coffin 8

“Pope Paul VI was getting at the essence of what it is to be human,” says filmmaker Don Johnson. “As I try to show in […]

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Marengo’s Lament: ‘The Birth of an Encyclical’ unwittingly confirms old truths

July 24, 2018 E. Christian Brugger 12

Pope Paul VI had no doubts about the truth of the doctrinal teaching he set forth in Humanae Vitae, but that he knew given the […]

The Dispatch

“Humanae Vitae” and the sensus fidelium

July 19, 2018 Russell Shaw 6

Research shows that only about 13 percent of Mass-goers disapprove of contraception. Does that mean Humanae Vitae is wrong? […]

Analysis

A voice crying in the wilderness: On the 50th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”

May 23, 2018 Father Seán Connolly 6

Pope Paul VI stood firm in the midst of the moral permissiveness which came under the guise of “freedom” in the 1960s, and boldly proclaimed […]

Analysis

The Youth Synod: The next step in the Francis papacy

March 29, 2018 Thomas R. Ascik 29

The just-issued document for the upcoming youth synod emphasizes social justice, the empowerment of women, and changing the Church’s moral teachings. […]

The Dispatch

Misunderstanding NFP: Where Catholics and non-Catholics get it wrong

March 28, 2018 Catholic News Agency 23

Dr. Janet Smith, a professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and a Catholic speaker and author on marriage and family, on what Humanae Vitae […]

Analysis

“Humanae Vitae” and the Catholic Church in England: Signs of hope

March 26, 2018 Piers Shepherd 5

Fifty years after Humanae Vitae’s promulgation, promoting its teaching still brings immense challenges. But the news isn’t all bad. […]

The Dispatch

Conscience and grace: A Lenten meditation

February 21, 2018 George Weigel 6

Christ promised to maintain his Church in the truth (John 8.32; John 16.3). Has that promise been broken? […]

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