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Recognizing God’s Plan through NFP

Through Natural Family Planning, a couple’s journey from uncertainty and control to trust and openness has transformed their marriage. Used rightly, NFP goes hand in hand with a vision that acknowledges that even if God’s timing isn’t always ours, new life is always a precious gift. The McGuires The McGuires began marriage using contraceptives but…

RRM: Healing Fertility Naturally

In the 1960s the popular use of the hormonal birth control pill prompted the Church to respond with the encyclical of Humanae Vitae. It explained the moral stance and alternatives for family planning. Over 60 years later, couples and families are faced with the moral question about IVF and fertility treatments. Considering recent government initiatives,…

The Hidden Mental Toll

It is widely recognized, but rarely mentioned, that post abortive women have high levels of mental health issues. These higher rates have been well documented in dozens of published studies. Unfortunately, several have methodologic issues that allow the pro-abortion advocates to rationalize them away. A new study by James Studnicki and colleagues puts to rest…

RRM Advancing Fertility Care, Naturally

At this year’s FACTS Annual Conference 2026 in Peoria, Illinois, Michael Manhart represented the Couple to Couple League both as CCL Board member and a featured breakout speaker. His experience offers a valuable window into the growing intersection between fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) and restorative reproductive medicine (RRM)—and what it means for the future of…

NFP and Changing Hearts

Is NFP transformational for relationships? Is it an entry point to Catholicism? While I don’t know if NFP creates more Catholics, the evidence in the literature does support the idea that NFP helps couples to communicate better. They have improved spirituality, are better at self-control, and attribute NFP to a better relationship with their spouse. Several…

Learning to Love NFP

Carlos de la Torre and Mariana Lopez have been married for fifteen years and have four beautiful children. They both have a background in software engineering and Mariana is now a stay-at-home mom who homeschools their children. They have been enthusiastic NFP teachers for almost ten years. However, when they began their marriage, they were…

5 NFP Myths Debunked

If you’ve spent more than 10 minutes on social media, Reddit, Youtube or Google, you’ve probably gotten the sense that everyone’s an expert on everything, but no one seems to actually know what they’re talking about. As the Information Age makes myths easier to spread, it’s all the more important that we take the time…

The Cascading Blessings of NFP In Marriage

Corbin and Emma share how NFP impacts the way they live as a family every day. It’s a life skill – something more than the thermometer, charts and app. It’s a lifestyle that has filled their lives with a cascade of blessings that they would never have imagined. Something More Emma and Corbin met in college…

NFP: For All Seasons of Life

Does practicing NFP have benefits for those outside the childbearing years? Based on personal experience and studies in literature, I would argue it does. NFP is a life skill that has benefits well beyond those focused on assisting the decision to postpone or conceive. For couples using NFP, I have documented the benefits of improved…

PeakDay: The Catholic NFP App

You’ve chosen to use Natural Family Planning – so, why aren’t you using a Catholic fertility tracking app to help you practice NFP. Not all fertility apps are alike. Some apps share your data with third parties. Other apps bombard you with ads about birth control. Some offer support from specialists that may not share…