It had the makings of a great and inspirational movie until the final scene. Two fearless Scottish midwives take on the government bureaucracy of the National Health Service and the powerful hospital that employs them on a matter of the highest principle. Our heroes, the perfectly-named Mary Doogan and Concepta Wood, scrape together the funds . . . Read more
Only an hour ago we had been lamenting yet another incredibly bad road. Here in the Ugandan outback, it is as pointless to complain about the roads as it is to complain about politicians in America, but railing against the unchangeable can lighten the mood. But on the way out of a small village in . . . 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