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Infallible Truths and Deadly Pills
By Judie Brown Many years ago when American Life League’s spiritual director Fr. Denis O’Brien, MM, was still living, he wrote an important paper addressing the infallibility of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical letter Humanae Vitae. This is the encyclical that addresses Catholic teaching on the subject of contraception. Many theologians and others argued at the time that the teaching was not infallible...
How to Avoid Drifting
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen writes, “One of the finest chapters in the ten-volume Study of History by Arnold Toynbee is the one on the ‘Sense of Drift.’ He defines it as carelessness about the loss of spiritual and moral growth….The most tragic cases of drifting are...
Steve Curtis: The Unlikely Pro Life Hero
I met Steve Curtis two years ago during a collaborative effort to place a human personhood amendment on the ballot in the state of Colorado.
Condom Demonstrations for Haiti Quake Victims?
Washington, D.C. (19 January 2010) – The International Planned Parenthood Federation is soliciting donations for condom demonstrations and other “reproductive care” for Haiti as the quake-ravaged country heaves under the weight of at least 200,000 dead and...
‘Outrageous’
This past fall, American life League joined a coalition of pro-life and Catholic organizations called “Reform CCHD Now,” calling on Catholics around the country to withhold donations to the U.S.
Excommunication is a Declaration of Acts that Severs Ties
During the course of this past year there have been a number of occasions when bishops have hinted to laity that being Catholic involves a bit more than claiming the title.
Irreconcilable Differences with the U.S.C.C.B. Bureaucracy: When Will the Faithful U.S. Bishops Ask for a Divorce?
Faithful Catholics following the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops over the years wonder if the organization represents the views of the bishops—at least the orthodox bishops.