Fr. John's weekly letter
Dear Friends,
July 25, 1968, a day that will live in infamy? That of course was the date of the promulgation of Humanae Vitae. 40 years later what has the failure to heed it’s teaching wrought?
As Paul VI predicted the wide spread and uncritical acceptance of contraception has led to
marital breakdown. No-fault divorce for one. This means for the first time in our history you can be commanded by a judge to appear in court for having done nothing wrong. A spouse who does not want to divorce is hauled into court and a great part of their life (and bank account) now is controlled by a judge for no other reason than for continuing to love their spouse. We can add to this sky-high rates of cohabitation (which amounts to experimenting on one another). The effects of contraception should......(read more)
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