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Reaping the Whirlwind of the Contraceptive Mentality, by Linda Pieper – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Reaping the Whirlwind of the Contraceptive Mentality, by Linda Pieper

AI, Papal Encyclicals, and Eternal Hubris: Why Magnifica Humanitas Misses the Mark, by Roger Kimball

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Danilo Alvesd. Woman putting her hand on her lips. Unsplash. Contraception

By Linda Pieper, Catholic Exchange, June 3, 2026

Linda J. Pieper is a wife of 54 years, mother of two adult children, and grandmother of eight. While raising young children, Linda taught Special Education. After moving to the Atlanta area, she landed in Alcohol and Drug Prevention instruction to DUI offenders and new instructor training. A life-long Catholic, Linda explored her faith in depth through the Ministry Formation program of the Rockford Diocese. …

Author’s Note: This article was adapted from ACT Fifteen of the Claymore Battle Plan, A Handbook For Young Men In Spiritual Warfare.

“John Paul II taught that the body has a ‘spousal meaning.’ It is made to express love as a free, total, faithful, and fruitful gift.”

I graduated from high school in May of 1968. With my whole adult life ahead of me and college on the horizon, I wasn’t paying much attention to what was happening in the Church or in Rome. The world around me was in turmoil—the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, and its protests, the Civil Rights movement, and the unfolding of the sexual revolution.

Closer to home, there was plenty of turmoil in my own dysfunctional family, and simply coping with it consumed most of my attention and energy. ….

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Reaping the Whirlwind of the Contraceptive Mentality, by Linda Pieper

AI, Papal Encyclicals, and Eternal Hubris: Why Magnifica Humanitas Misses the Mark, by Roger Kimball

An American PR Executive in the Vatican’s Court, by Phil Lawler

By Linda Pieper, Catholic Exchange, June 3, 2026

“John Paul II taught that the body has a ‘spousal meaning.’ It is made to express love as a free, total, faithful, and fruitful gift.”

Closer to home, there was plenty of turmoil in my own dysfunctional family, and simply coping with it consumed most of my attention and energy. ….

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