Catholic Church

By Matthew E. Bunson, National Catholic Register - The Catholic University of America hosted a symposium April 4-6 marking the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae that reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on family life and against contraception... The conference brought together theologians and authorities from all over the world to explore “Catholic teaching on human sexuality, marriage, conjugal love and responsible parenthood, as articulated in the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae upon its 50th anniversary (1968-2018).”

By Msgr. Charles Pope - There is an insight from the desert fathers that reminds us of our own role in being irritated by others. It is paraphrased by Augustine Wetta in his book Humility Rules: If you are upset when someone insults you, don’t put the blame on him. You were a pile of dry leaves; he was just the breeze that blew you over. (From Abba Dorotheos of Gaza)

Holy League, Rosary Coast to Coast - We are at war. A war without borders, where no man is exempt but where most haven’t recognized, let alone been trained, to fight. Casualties often go unseen, but very few are left unwounded. The Enemies encamped against us seek to rob us of our Dignity–the essential Dignity of the Human Person, being made in the Image and Likeness of God.

By Claire Chretien, LifeSiteNews - In Evangelium Vitae, St. John Paul II repeatedly called abortion “murder,” writing: The moral gravity of procured abortion is apparent in all its truth if we recognize that we are dealing with murder and, in particular, when we consider the specific elements involved. The one eliminated is a human being at the very beginning of life. No one more absolutely innocent could be imagined.