Mother calls on all parents to bring their children home. She encourages parents of all education, income, and social levels to homeschool their children. She highlights the common claim that homeschooling isn’t for everybody. She again challenges parents, saying it is not only possible, but necessary, for everyone to homeschool their children. Mother continues, quoting the inside cover of Get Out Now, “Too much is at stake. You don’t get a do-over on childhood.”
[click to continue...]Father, Can We Please Hear a Pro-Life Sermon?
I remember listening to a sermon from the pastor at our former parish years ago on Respect Life Sunday. Within it, he admitted his reluctance to preach on the topic of abortion or other life issues. He explained he was afraid of unsettling anyone who may be post-abortive (those having participated in an abortion in the past).
His mindset is not uncommon. I have heard anecdotally from other pro-life Catholics this is the excuse they hear priests making all too often.
[click to continue...]Should Natural Family Planning Be Required for Every Married Couple? Certainly Not!
One prominent Catholic author and speaker recently took the extreme position of calling for the debate to be over: all Catholics ought to be practicing NFP, he claims.
[click to continue...]Another Problem with In Vitro Fertilization: Designer Babies
Immediately you ought to be waiving a red flag here. To fertilize eggs with sperm outside the confines of the conjugal act is a grave sin. To do so outside of the physical intimacy of sex remains completely unnatural. To do so clearly violates the natural law. Children are not meant to be conceived in sterile labs by technicians in white lab coats. Moreover, children are not commodities to be bought and sold; they are gifts from God.
[click to continue...]What is Catholic Doctrine Concerning Abortion?
CCC 2272
Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life.
[click to continue...]A MUST READ: A Speech by Saint Mother Teresa against Abortion at the Cairo International Conference
“If there is a child that you don’t want or can’t feed or educate, give that child to me. I will not refuse any child. I will give a home, or find loving parents for him or for her.”
[click to continue...]Why is the Catholic Church Against Contraception? Look No Further Than the First Commandment
Irreligion can be broken down into three categories. I will attempt to show how using contraception violates each subcategory of irreligion. In effect, I will show how using contraception violates the First Commandment, as a result. Hopefully this will help answer the question why is the Catholic Church against contraception.
[click to continue...]Is Using Contraception a Mortal Sin?
Is using contraception a mortal sin?
Given its popularity among Christians, even Catholics, the answer could help determine the eternal fate of so many of its users.
[click to continue...]A Perspective on Conjugal Rights in Marriage You Likely Haven’t Heard Before
Why would a wife be obligated to give sex to her husband every time it is requested?
The answer to that question could go a few different directions.
[click to continue...]You Went to a Requiem Mass Recently? Did You Witness a Canonization?
I attended a Requiem Mass awhile ago for a deceased relative of a family friend. My understanding of our Catholic faith was that we were coming together to pray for the deceased. But apparently the celebrant priest was under a different modus operandi.
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