Humanae Vitae Project

In a recent interview Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, defended  Law 194 which legalized abortion in Italy. Archbishop Paglia stated, “I think that Law 194 is now a pillar of our social life.” When asked if it was up for debate he replied, “But no, absolutely not, absolutely not.“ Steven Mosher, President of the …

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Have you ever heard a sermon in your parish addressing the Church’s teaching on contraception in a practical, no-nonsense way? PRI President Steven Mosher did this summer,er and it was a home run. Read about it here:

“During the pontificate of John Paul II,” writes Dr. E. Christian Brugger, “Catholics had confidence that what was taught by the pope was sound. An unintended side effect was that some became overly dependent on papal statements to know what to think and what to value. “Devout Church watchers today face a different situation,” he …

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A review of the discussion that preceded the promulgation of Humanae Vitae in 1968 reveals that dissenters ignored to thousand years of what we call the “Ordinary Magisterium.” Professors Brugger and Finnis address that fundamental aspect of Catholic teaching in the second half of their article addressing “Contraception and Infallibility.” Read more here: www.ncregister.com/commentaries/contraception-and-infallibility-part-2-n626etur

The sexual revolution was raging in the 1960’s, and the contraceptive pill had taken the decade by storm.  The issue generated so much opposition to Catholic moral teaching that many Catholics expected Pope Paul VI to approve artificial contraception as a legitimate moral practice. Support for such a change was prominent even among Catholic academics, clerics, …

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This month we celebrate the anniversary of an important pastoral letter written by Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge.  In his letter, the bishop addresses “Gender Ideology,” another perverse chapter in the secular culture’s ongoing destruction of the family, the dignity of marriage, and human nature itself.  Gender Ideology echoes Satan’s response in the Garden of Eden …

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“No,” say Father Thomas Petri, president of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. “The teaching that it presents is in fact irreformable, because it’s part of the ordinary and universal magisterium of the Church.” Read more here: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/reacting-to-pontifical-academy-for-life-theologian-says-teaching-of-humanae-vitae-can-t-change

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was officially published last month. In response, Senator Liz Warren (D-MA) has declared war on crisis pregnancy centers at the Federal level. Pro-abortion activists have launched similar efforts on the State level, especially in States like California that already have radical pro-abortion laws on the books. Melinda Hennenberger describes …

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Chiara Mosher describes the pro-life efforts on the ground, as Kansas voters decide to adopt a pro-life provision in the State Constitution. Read more HERE

Today we wish Humanae Vitae a happy birthday as we note how, after 54 years, it still stirs controversy, even among the hierarchy of Holy Mother Church.  In 1994, Pope Saint John Paul II founded the Pontifical Academy for Life to pursue the interdisciplinary study and defense of human life in all its stages.  In the past five …

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