This column concludes my series of reflections on Pope Paul VI’s document Humanae Vitae, which we have been reviewing in light of its fortieth anniversary [Part one, Part two, Part three, Part four, Part five]. In the last installment we…

For several columns now we’ve been reflecting on the Church’s teaching on contraception in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s letter Humanae Vitae [Part one, Part two, Part three, Part four]. We’ve observed that sexual intercourse is…

July 25th marks the fortieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI’s famous re-affirmation of the Church’s constant teaching on contraception. In commemoration, we continue our reflections on this critical issue [Part one, Part two, Part three].

I ended my last…

We continue our series [Part one, Part two] commemorating the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. Pope Paul VI released this oh-so-controversial encyclical on July 25, 1968, re-affirming the constant teaching of the Church on the immorality of contraception. To this…

We continue a series of reflections on the issue of contraception in light of the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. When Pope Paul VI issued this document on July 25, 1968, it fell like a bomb. Many people wished the…

This July 25th marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most controversial papal documents in history: Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae which reaffirmed the traditional Christian teaching on the immorality of contraception. If you have wrestled with this teaching, believe…

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I was pushing the “seek” button on my car radio the other day looking for a decent song. Station 1: “Love me, love me, say that you love me….” Station 2: “Baby-eyah-eyah-eyah, my world stands still when I’m with you…

Recently, while I was discussing the beautiful teaching of Pope John Paul II’s “theology of the body” on the radio show Catholic Answers Live, someone unfamiliar with this teaching called in and asked me to explain what makes the body theological.

It…

Some of you might recall that I dealt with the difference between human and animal sexuality in my last column. I had no idea when I wrote that piece that I’d have such a great opportunity for a follow-up.

I’m sure…