Posts Tagged ‘human sexuality’
How Humanae Vitae Shaped our Family
Humanae Vitae Giving Day 2018 * * * From the Family Foundations archives by Jack and Sonia Ferraro Like most engaged couples, we set goals for our life together. As we progressed toward our wedding date, we constructed an idea of what our life would be like in “The Five-Year Plan.” We wanted…
Read MoreWhy the Catholic Church is against Contraception
Humanae Vitae Giving Day 2018 * * * by Jason Evert Contraception is nothing new; history records people using various methods of birth control four thousand years ago. Ancient people swallowed potions to cause temporary sterility; they used linens, wool, or animal skins as barrier methods; they fumigated the uterus with poison to…
Read MoreFrom Humanae Vitae to Theology of the Body
Soon after Pope Paul VI died in August 1978, the cardinal archbishop of Krakow came to Rome to help elect a new pope. He brought with him a lengthy handwritten manuscript that he had been prayerfully crafting for nearly four years. It was almost complete and he wished to work on it, when he could,…
Read MoreAquila’s “The Splendor of Love” Worth a Read
Early last month on the Feast of the Presentation, Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila released an incredible pastoral letter that, although written for his Colorado flock, speaks to Catholics everywhere. The 50-paragraph document entitled, “The Splendor of Love” is essentially a theological pep talk on the mind-blowing beauty of human sexuality, as expressed in Blessed…
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