The contemporary crisis of sexual abuse extends beyond celibate Catholic clergy to denominations, such as the Southern Baptists, where leaders are often spouses with children. Our Sunday Visitor chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion traces the issue to our current “anything goes” philosophy of
In 1968, during the height of the sexual revolution, Pope St. Paul VI stunned the world when he released Humanae Vitae and upheld the Church’s teaching that clearly stated the immorality of using artificial birth control. In the latest installment of his
It’s been said that the Lord works in mysterious ways. Scripture is clear on this point, with Isaiah reminding us that “my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor or my ways your ways. … For as the heavens are higher than the
Marking the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Blessed Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical upholding the traditional teaching of the Church on marriage and family life, might seem to some like picking at an old wound that has never fully healed — evidenced
As we make our way through life as Christians, some signposts are clearer than others. Out of love for God and neighbor we will not kill, steal or commit adultery. Other signposts are harder to see. But they can become clearer over
After learning of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the Supreme Court, the words of Jesuit Father John Hardon came to mind: “Educate, educate, educate.” Father Hardon, named a Servant of God by the Church, was a noted theologian, writer and catechist. He
It was a beautiful sign of renewing times that my alma mater, The Catholic University of America, held a conference marking the 50th anniversary of Blessed Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae. A campus that once was a hotbed of controversy and
The prophetic nature of Blessed Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae on human life and love continues to this day. First there was the #MeToo explosion of sexual-abuse and harassment realities that have risen to the surface over the past months. And