By Brian Clowes, Ph.D. The Formalization of United States Population Policy The United States National Security Council is the highest decision-making body on foreign policy in the United States. On December 10, 1974, it promulgated a top secret document entitled National Security Study Memorandum 200, also called The Kissinger Report. Its subject was “Implications of . . . Read more
This resource is available as an eight-page booklet that can be ordered from our store. Order copies through HLI’s online store here. Most Catholics reject the Church’s teaching on contraception not because they’ve carefully considered it,but because they’ve never had to do so. When someone hears that the Catholic Church has a teaching about contraception, . . . Read more
This resource is available as an eight-page booklet that can be ordered from our store. Order copies through HLI’s online store here. Isn’t “the Pill” Good for Women and Society? One gets the idea, especially since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which declared contraception “essential medicine,” that hormonal contraceptive drugs are like Aspirin . . . Read more
This resource is available as an eight-page booklet that can be ordered from our store. Order copies through HLI’s online store here. What is the difference between Contraception and Natural Family Planning? Every married couple has the responsibility to prayerfully practice what the Catholic Church calls “responsible parenthood,” as it pertains to the number and . . . Read more
This resource is available as an eight-page booklet that can be ordered from our store. Order copies through HLI’s online store here. What is the Catholic Church thinking? You’ve heard the accusatory questions. Why is the Catholic Church always trying to tell people how to live their lives? Why does it force its views on . . . Read more
This resource is available as an eight-page booklet that can be ordered from our store. Order copies through HLI’s online store here. Do Some Contraceptives Cause Abortions? The debate is over language, not science. In 1963, the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) shared the widely held definition of abortion as being . . . Read more
Premiering on EWTN Global Catholic Network! Order the DVD to share with your family, parish and community groups here. From families and pro-life leaders in Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama we hear a disturbing, but not unfamiliar, tale: life, faith and family are under a well-funded assault from NGOs and foreign governments – including the . . . Read more
Recorded in 2013, in this presentation HLI President Father Shenan J. Boquet says that in today’s society the art of living is overshadowed by a false understanding of man and woman and their ultimate destiny. As cultures continue to collapse, it becomes imperative for all Christians to fully participate in the re-introduction of the One . . . Read more
In this 2012 presentation, HLI President Father Shenan J. Boquet speaks about John Paul II’s Theology of the Body and how it is an important resource in understanding God’s plan for marriage, family, and society. The Theology of the Body was given by the pope as a response to the attack on human sexuality and . . . Read more
In this 2001 presentation, Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro-Carambula, executive director of HLI’s Rome office, explains that the Church has always taught that contraception is a sin. Some claims arose starting in the early 1960s that this teaching was in question, but this has never been the case. The climate of the times within the Church and . . . Read more