The Curt Jester (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
A prophet is not respected in his own Country and when it came to Pope Paul VI, a prophet is not much respected in his own Church. Today is the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae and sadly every prediction that Pope Paul VI made have come true. We hear so many people today who say they have a prophetic voice and they are almost always the same ones who have ignored the prophetic voice of the Church....
FIRST THINGS (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
You know the story. Forty years agoon July 25, 1968a tired, grumpy, and celibate old man in Rome issued an encyclical called Humanae Vitae, solemnly declaring that birth control is bad, and half the world responded with a shrug. The other half responded with a sneer. It's hard to imagine a worse moment for Pope Paul [...]
Mulier Fortis (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
When I returned to the Church, nearly 16 years ago (ouch... tempus fugit and all that!) I found I had a lot to learn, as my initial catechesis had been so woefully inadequate. I didn't know, for example, that the Real Presence was actually, well, real . Oh, as a teenager I "knew" that superstitious and ignorant peasants in the Middle Ages had believed in Transubstantiation, but I thought that idea...
Philippine Commentary (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Here is a fact little-understood or appreciated by even devout Catholics: not everything the Catholic Church teaches is considered by it to be infallibly true. From the Code of Canon Law one may deduce the following table which shows that "non-infallible" teachings do not require the full assent of the faithful, but only "religious submission" or "obsequiium religiosum". TEACHER LEVEL DEGREE OF CERTITUDE...
Threshing Grain (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Humanae Vitae 40th Anniversary of "Humanae Vitae" Dissident Catholic groups target 'Humanae Vitae' Fr. Corapi - On the 40th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae L'Osservatore: Paul VI Never Looked Back Dissident groups ask Vatican to abandon teaching on contraception The Most Pro-Life Thing You Can Do Italy: Catholic critics want an end to ban on contraception Gandhi and Pope Paul united by opposition to...
Miss Kelly (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
When I was younger, I used looked at pictures of the Cardinals at Rome with bewilderment. What did all these old, white Italian guys in their long robes and lace surplices have to do with my life? Why exactly were we Catholics supposed to follow what they said? What did...
Vultus Christi (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
I remember well the promulgation of Humanae Vitae on July 25, 1968. Subsequent history has demonstrated that Pope Paul VI spoke "with a special light of the Holy Spirit," and with a certain grace of prophecy. Here are the...
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
STANDING AGAINST RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE The president of Malaysia has done what political leaders who are Muslims should be doing everywhere -- denouncing violence and extremism committed in the name of religion. No doubt he and some people from other faiths...
