DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

HUMANAE VITAE: 40 YEARS LATER

"They haven't known because they haven't been taught"

San Bernardino and Oakland dioceses host conferences focusing on contraception and NFP, 40 years after Humanae Vitae

Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI's controversial 1968 encyclical reiterating Church teaching on artificial contraception, will be the centerpiece of a marriage conference to be held in San Bernardino, April 11-12. Hosted by the San Bernardino diocese and sponsored by the California Association of Natural Family Planning, the conference will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae and offer formation on the U.S. bishops' 2006 document, "Married Love the Gift of Life," focusing on contraception and Natural Family Planning.

Read this article here: California Catholic Daily