God's Gift of Life and LoveA Pastoral Letter to Catholics on Family Planning by the Chairman of the Bishop's Committee for the Family and for Life of Australia.
In Obedience to Christby Bishop Flavin. A 1991 pastoral letter from Bishop Flavin of Lincoln, Nebraska to Catholic spouses and doctors.
Marital Act Must Be Total Gift of PersonPope John Paul II to the Centre for Natural Fertility Regulation (27 February 1998) in which he cautions against using NFP for selfish reasons.
Of Human Lifeby Archbishop Charles Chaput. Archbishop Chaput wrote a pastoral letter to the faithful in his Archdiocese to mark the 30th Anniversary of Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae restating the ban on using birth control. It is an excellent document that tries once again to convince those who have closed their hearts to this prophetic teaching.
On Life and LovePastoral Address by Archbishop George Pell of Melbourne for the 30th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae (25 July 1998)
Contraceptive MentalityCatholic Answers Live interview with Judie Brown, president of the American Life League (requires RealPlayer - save file to your hard drive)
Openness to LifeCatholic Answers Live interview with Kimberley Hahn (requires RealPlayer - save file to your hard drive)
Why Contraception is WrongCatholic Answers Live interview with Dr Janet Smith, author of Why Humanae Vitae was Right (requires RealPlayer - save file to your hard drive)
Websites
Contraception - Why Not?The Bible and Birth Control; Natural Law and Birth Control; Pro-Life and Birth Control by Stan Martin
Couple to Couple LeagueNatural family planning and ecological breastfeeding, including home study program.
Cukierski ApostolateIncludes information on Natural Family Planning, including the ability to order the book "What Every Catholic Couple Should Know".
One More Soul (OMS)is a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading the truth about the blessings of children and the harms of contraception. OMS is currently working on some exciting projects. We are putting together a database of doctors who not only refuse to perform or refer for abortions, but also refuse to prescribe, perform or refer for contraception or artificial sterilization. We plan to publish our results soon as our Natural Family Planning Only Physicians Directory. One More Soul is also contacting seminiaries across the United States offering them FREE copies of our premier resource "Contraception: Why Not?" for each of their seminarians.
Answers to Some Common Misconceptions About Church Teaching on Contraceptionby Paul McLachlan. We recently took part in a discussion group for Catholic married couples. We felt so strongly about the misconceptions the other Catholics had about the Church's teaching on contraception that we provided this written response! It sets out a number of the most common misconceptions about contraception and the Church's teaching and explains the correct position. It's something of an FAQ on Catholic teaching on birth control!
Christ Centred Marriageby Carrie Handy. A wife and mother muses on the benefits of living with NFP, a marriage centred on Christ rather than one or the other spouse.
Contracepting Social Securityby Patrick Cunningham. Discusses the demographics of the Social Security system and how the only thing that can save it is a return to a birth rate of 3.5. (from Culture Wars, July/August 1996)
Contraception and Rhythm of the Cycleby Dr William May PhD. An examination of the fundamental moral difference between contraception and natural family planning by a lay member of the Pontifical Theological Commission. (from The Catholic Faith, March/April 1997)
Contraception: Fatal to the Faithby Fr John Hardon SJ. Respected Jesuit theologian, Fr John Hardon, explains why dissent from the Church's teaching in Humanae Vitae destroys the Faith.
Contraception: Its Social ConsequencesThis article by Fr Thierry Dejond SJdescribes the social problems that result from the present widespread practice of contraception
Contraception: The Bitter Pillby George Sim Johnston. Why we shouldn't use contraception and how Natural Family Planning, when used properly, is an effective and morally acceptable alternative.
Contraception: Why Not?by Janet Smith. While most of the rest of the world holds contraception to be a great good, Janet Smith provides convincing reasons and clear evidence in support of the Church's dissenting position that contraception is one of the worst inventions of our time.
Population Facts and MythsA series of 9 electronic fact sheets countering media misinformation about population issues from the National Association of Catholic Families
Sex, Naturallyby Joseph Stanford (from First Things, November 1999)
Silent Retreat"When I became Catholic, there were teachings in the church that I didn't agree with, the biggest being abortion and Humanae Vitae.... I decided that I could hold my opinions as I wished, but I could not express them publicly or do anything in any way that would compromise the church's position for anyone else.... Out of grace, that agreement became a silent retreat, and here's what happened: for the first time, I had to listen and consider the position of the pro-life movement and the natural family planning folks -- after all, if you can't speak, you finally have to listen, if only out of boredom with your own litany."
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