Catholic Church

By Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., The Catholic Thing - Joseph Ratzinger (June 3, 1977)… wrote: “The unrealistic demand that everything the Church teaches be lived completely and in all its fullness fails to take into account humanity as it actually is.” Such a passage recalls Aquinas admonition that improvement in ourselves or in our surroundings comes about “gradually.”

By Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register - As Catholics mark the 50th anniversary of an encyclical that reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s ban on artificial contraception, the widespread use of contraception, even among Catholics, may signal the document’s failure to change many minds and hearts. Yet, a growing cohort of Humanae Vitae’s supporters are celebrating the controversial encyclical as a courageous and prophetic teaching

By Michaiah Bilger, LifeNews - Eight Catholic diocese in Canada are revoking funding from an international agency that may be promoting abortions against church teachings... The National Catholic Register reports Catholic leaders are still investigating Development and Peace, an agency of the Canadian bishops’ conference that conducts overseas development work.