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Melinda Gates Says ‘Very Liberal’ Priest Influenced Her Break From Church Teaching on Contraception, by Rachel Quackenbush – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Rachel Quackenbush, Catholic Vote, April 23, 2025

CV NEWS FEED // Melinda French Gates said she experienced “almost a crisis of faith” before embracing a pro-contraception stance, citing a “very liberal” priest as a key influence in her decision to diverge from Catholic teaching.

In an April 17 interview on The Jamie Kern Lima Show, the philanthropist and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation described how her travels to underserved areas exposed her to families living without contraceptives, People reported. Gates recounted hearing from women who experienced pregnancies in rapid succession — some of which led to the loss of a child or even the mother’s death.

“[T]hey would talk about children,” she said, according to People. “And both the men and the women knew that when they could space the births of those children, they were better off.” …

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