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Libido Redux: Insanity

Not only Catholic teaching but the larger American culture was in general opposed to birth control until 1930, when the Anglican Church cracked the dike of uniformity on the question by permitting contraception in marriage. In 1963, during the pontificate of John XXIII, theological speculation emerged to the effect that “the pill,” since it did not appear to interfere with the physical integrity of sexual intercourse, was perhaps morally different from spermicides, IUDs and the diaphragm, and perhaps was similar to natural family planning and therefore morally licit. Indeed, the Holy Father formed a small commission to examine this view. Following Pope John XXIII’s death, Paul VI thought it prudent to delay judgment on this opinion until further study could be undertaken, being determined not to require of the faithful anything God did not ask of them. His goal was to give all who wished to weigh in on this question every chance to make their case, and so he enlarged John XXIII’

Dancing With Mr. D at Georgetown

Did you ever notice that when people take issue with Catholic teaching, rarely does it concern the Hypostatic Union, the Vatican’s guidelines on road rage, or the Vatican Conference on Extraterrestrial Life? No, those things with which they take issue bear directly or vicariously on their sexual lives — homosexuality, same-sex “marriage,” premarital sex, adultery, contraception, masturbation, population control, abortion, divorce, remarriage, in vitro fertilization, etc. Remember Our Lord’s words on this: "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man."   What is coming out of our oldest "Catholic" University?? Georgetown Pro-Marriage Group Faces Sanctions Following Student Complaints Love Saxa is in danger of being