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Marriage and True Love versus “Contraceptive Love”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / March 10, 2025 /

…“self-expression” or “self-fulfillment” there logically is no need to be married. Contraception is what makes this plausible. Fr. Boquet on an NFP training mission In rejecting contraception, the Church makes…

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The Pro-Life Message and Our Lady of Guadalupe

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / December 16, 2024 /

…its connection to contraception, as “fruits of the same tree” (Evangelium vitae, no. 13). The close connection exists mentally between the practices of contraception and abortion. After all, those who…

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Back from Africa – Zimbabwe’s Contraception at its Worst

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / April 2, 2018 /
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…for Africa was development, not contraception. Nyerere clearly saw that economic development in Africa lay in its growing population. Zimbabwe’s contraception rate is a prime example. However, from the mid-1980’s,…

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Self-Gratification Culture is So Not Cool

By Molly Loesel / April 17, 2018 /
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…encounter becomes an enemy to be avoided at all costs, and abortion becomes the only possible decisive response to failed contraception” (13). So when contraception fails – which it often…

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Does Abortion Really Incur Excommunication?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Sarah Reusch, MA / October 7, 2022 /
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…abortion had been procured surgically. The vast majority of abortions are now performed with chemicals, not with surgery. All birth control pills, injectables such as Depo-Provera, “emergency contraception” like Plan…

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The Teaching of the Prophetic Encyclical Humanae Vitae (Part IX)

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / August 25, 2021 /

…The Third Prophecy Part VI: The Fourth Prophecy Part VII: Modernity’s Challenges to Humanae Vitae Part VIII: The Church’s Right to Teach on Birth Control Later articles in this series:…

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Ten Threats to Marriage

By HLI Staff / September 3, 2021 /
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…divorcing one’s spouse easier. Celebrities who divorce and remarry multiple times serve as poor role models. The birth control pill also contributes to marital infidelity. Divorce rates, which climbed steadily…

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Catholic Teaching: Contraception Defies Marriage Vows

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / July 27, 2023 /

Why does the Catholic Church condemn contraception? Isn’t sex a good thing? On this episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet explains Church teaching on birth control. When couples use contraception, they falsify…

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UK Male Contraception Developing While Condom Manufacturers Eye India

By Marisa Cantu / May 1, 2024 /

…the harmful effects that all methods of contraception have on a person and their family. All forms of contraception, interrupt the conjugal act and frustrates one of the ends of…

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Secular Reasons Contraception is Wrong

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / September 27, 2024 /

…using birth control is immoral. If you want to help people understand the problems with contraception, this is a great place to start! Listen now to find out some of…

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