Standard Procedures

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

The discipline of medicine is an art of dynamic tension. Continue Reading »

31 Jul 2018

That Most Prophetic Letter

by Anthony Fisher

Who were the prophets? Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2018

​Affirming and Celebrating Humanae Vitae

by George Weigel

July 25 is the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical on the integrity of love and the appropriate means of family planning. Continue Reading »

25 Jul 2018

Pope Paul Said No

by Dan Hitchens

As the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae approaches, we should resist the temptation to see the encyclical as the standalone work of a trailblazing pope.  Continue Reading »

14 May 2018

The Prophetic Power of Humanae Vitae

by Mary Eberstadt

One recurring theme in Pope Francis’s teaching is that human realities trump scholarly abstractions: “La realidad es superior a la idea.” His signature phrase about pastors who have the “smell of the sheep” is the folk version of this maxim. Cautions about “rigidity,” “empty . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018

Planning Parenthood

by Gina Loehr

Natural Family Planning is licit not because it is “natural,” but because it respects the divine blueprint for conjugal love. Continue Reading »

20 Mar 2018

The Link Between Contraception and Abortion

by Michael Pakaluk

The fruit of contraception is abortion; we should stop insisting that the two are separable.  Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2018

Paul VI in 2018

by P. J. Smith

Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae, which turns fifty this year, is the foundation of the Church’s uncompromising pro-life position. Continue Reading »

9 Jan 2018

Protestants and Contraception

by Evan Lenow

Protestants are not known for their familiarity with papal encyclicals. We pride ourselves in doing things our own way, often in order to distance ourselves as far from Rome as possible. There is one teaching in particular that most Protestants readily recognize as Catholic, and it is usually . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2018

What’s Changed Since Humanae Vitae?

by George Weigel

Europe is contracepting itself into demographic oblivion. Continue Reading »

29 Nov 2017