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Contraceptives Diminish Marital Union (part 3) - Fr. William Saunders

Recall that in two previous issues, we have examined our belief concerning the Sacrament of Marriage and the beautiful expression of marital love, which is both unitive and procreative. Both dimensions are intrinsically good and inherent to the act of marriage. Consequently, in marital love, one cannot separate the unitive from the procreative dimension.   Read more...

Contraceptives Show Grave Consequences - Fr. William Saunders

In the 1960s, the Church faced increasing pressure regarding the use of contraceptive means with the marketing of the anovulant pill. In response, Vatican Council II stated in Gaudium et Spes, "In questions of birth regulation, the sons and daughters of the Church, faithful to these principles, are forbidden to use methods disapproved of by the teaching authority of the Church in its interpretation of the divine law (No.51).  Read more...

Courage and Encourage - Fr. John Harvey

Courage is the Catholic Church's only pontifically approved ministry which is specifically committed to providing spiritual support for persons with same-sex attraction who are striving to live chastely, offering help to grow in understanding with others toward living more fully the Church's teachings.  Read more...

Culture of Vice - ROBERT R. REILLY

As society justifies personal moral disorders, it threatens its own survival.  Read more...

Dealing with Addictions to Pornography - Fr. William Saunders

My spouse has a problem with pornography, but denies it is a sin. I need to understand better this issue. What religious teachings or argument can I use to help?  Read more...

Dear Abby — Here's Some Advice - Warren Throckmorton

Recently, Dear Abby posted a letter from a mother whose 14 year old daughter disclosed that she was attracted to girls.  Read more...

Designed for Sex - J. Budziszewski

What we lose when we forget what sex is for.  Read more...

Dignity and Difference: Presenting Before the Parliamentary Committee on the Same-sex Marriage Bill - Iain T. Benson

I recently returned from a trip to the humid expanses of Ottawa and Toronto. I was invited to appear before the Parliamentary Committee on Bill C-38, the same sex marriage bill.  Read more...

Do Sex Education and Access to Contraception Cut Down on Abortion? - KENNETH D. WHITEHEAD

All human generations previous to our own, and all known human societies besides our own, have understood that sex had to be controlled; and they have therefore maintained in place moral and legal checks and sanctions aimed at insuring the necessary control of the powerful and unruly human sexual drive for the good of both society and the individuals in it. Our plan to liberate sex by means of contraception and sex education has now manifestly failed.  Read more...

Does anything work in sex education? - Jennifer Roback Morse

A study shows that abstinence education programmes don't work. They had the same failure rate as contraceptive programmes. Then there's the rest of this story that you're not likely to hear about.  Read more...


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