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By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing - The fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae last year brought the first publication of then-Cardinal Karol Wojtyła’s private letter to Paul VI, in which the Polish archbishop thanks the pope for the encyclical.  He then offers concrete proposals for an “absolutely necessary” pastoral instruction from the Vatican to overcome “existing doubts” about the prohibition of birth control, the nature of the conjugal life, and the teaching authority of the pope.

By Thomas Griffin, Catholic Exchange - Love is the highest capacity of the human person and in each love we are captivated by someone or something that is desiring to fulfill a void within our hearts. In every occasion of love we are chasing after the Love of the universe. No matter how beautiful and intimate of an encounter we have with our beloved, we always look towards the next moment and we crave to have more… We were created for an eternal flame of love that quenches the hearts desperate craving for the true, the good and the beautiful.

By Nick Hallett, Catholic Herald - The worldwide persecution of Christians is at near “genocide” level, a report for the British government has said.. The review, led by the Anglican Bishop of Truro Philip Mounstephen, said Christianity is set to be “wiped out” from parts of the Middle East as people are killed or forced to flee… Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt… blamed “political correctness” for the failure of governments to tackle the issue… Hunt said: “I think we’ve all been asleep on the watch when it comes to the persecution of Christians… “I think not just the Bishop of Truro’s report but obviously what happened in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday has woken everyone up with an enormous shock…”