Pope Paul VI

Padre Pio’s letter to Pope Paul VI on Humanae Vitae

08/04/2018 at 5:30 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Posted by Fr. Gordon J. MacRae on July 25, 2018 Less than two weeks before Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina died, he sent a letter on Humanae Vitae to Blessed Pope Paul VI who is himself due to be canonized 14 October, 2018. Your Holiness: Availing myself of Your Holiness’ meeting with the... read more

Hostile reactions from Catholics against the encyclical suggest the Church has lost its mission

07/28/2018 at 1:23 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
This article by journalist Malcolm Muggeridge appeared in the Catholic Herald of August 9, 1968. We republish it today to mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. Muggeridge was eventually received into the Church 14 years later, at the age of 79. If ten years ago I had considered the... read more

Can Humanae Vitae’s Teachings Change?

07/13/2018 at 6:41 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Analysts who spoke with the Register stressed that any reinterpretations must be in full doctrinal continuity with Paul VI’s countercultural message. By Edward Pentin, July 13, 2018 As speculation mounts about a possible revision or reinterpretation of Blessed Paul VI’s landmark... read more

My Name is Peter: Paul VI and Francis in Geneva

06/20/2018 at 5:25 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Ines A. Murzaku, June 14, 2018 “Dear Brothers in Christ: Nostro nome è Pietro [1] (Our name is Peter).” This was how Blessed Paul VI addressed the World Council of Churches in 1969. Paul VI was the pope of firsts – and visiting Geneva was a first by any previous Roman pontiff. The... read more

500 British Priests Reaffirm Humanae Vitae

06/18/2018 at 10:39 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Humanae Vitae 50 originated from British lay faithful who had encouraged the country’s clergy to proclaim the message contained in the statement. Edward Pentin Blog, Jun. 16, 2018 Almost 500 British priests have signed a statement reaffirming the Church’s teaching on human sexuality and... read more

The evolution of the Catholic Church into oblivion

06/10/2018 at 2:48 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Rev. Thomas Collins, May 29, 2018 Over the past fifty years, many of the Catholic faithful have been extremely scandalized, and even traumatized, by the willingness of so many Church leaders, including myself, to be incrementally drawn into a moral capitulation to the tyranny of progressive... read more

Two Million Celebrate Uganda Martyrs Killed for Spurning Sodomite King

06/09/2018 at 4:53 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., 6 Jun 2018 Over two million African pilgrims streamed into Namugongo, Uganda, on Sunday to commemorate the 45 Ugandan Christian martyrs executed for resisting the homosexual advances of King Mwanga II in the late nineteenth century. On June 3, 1886, King Mwanga... read more

USCCB pro-life chair: Marriage is still necessary

06/06/2018 at 12:01 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Lisa Bourne June 5, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — Couples having sex outside marriage are not being truthful with each other regarding what they intend for the rest of their lives, the incoming pro-life chair for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said. Cohabitation runs contrary to the... read more

Mother of Fair Love

05/29/2018 at 10:01 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Michael Pakaluk, May 29, 2018 “The May devotion in its present form,” according to the old Catholic Encyclopedia, “originated at Rome where Father Latomia of the Roman College of the Society of Jesus, to counteract infidelity and immorality among the students, made a vow at the end of... read more

Humanae Vitae needs no update, commission chair says

05/26/2018 at 12:01 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican City, May 23, 2018 / 02:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The professor who chaired a Vatican study group on Humanae Vitae stressed that the Bl. Paul VI’s encyclical “needs no updating.” Professor Gilfredo Marengo, of the Pontifical Theological Institute for Studies... read more

A voice crying in the wilderness: On the 50th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”

05/26/2018 at 10:38 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Pope Paul VI stood firm in the midst of the moral permissiveness which came under the guise of “freedom” in the 1960s, and boldly proclaimed the truth of married love. By Father Seán Connolly, May 23, 2018 Later this year, Blessed Paul VI will be raised to the altars as a saint. The... read more

Bishops of Kazakhstan Reaffirm Humanae Vitae

05/25/2018 at 9:24 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Keeping Catholic schools Catholic in a “love is love” culture

05/23/2018 at 9:46 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Symposium: ‘Humanae Vitae’ Teachings Essential for Stable Marriages, Families

05/18/2018 at 3:08 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Revealed: Pope Paul VI’s secret resignation letter

05/17/2018 at 9:58 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Bishops defend Church teaching on birth control

05/15/2018 at 3:36 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

A Re-reading (‘Relectio’) of “Humanae Vitae” – Part 1

05/05/2018 at 5:13 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

A Re-Reading (Relectio) of “Humanae Vitae,” Part II

05/05/2018 at 5:07 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Janet Smith, Fearless Defender of ‘Humanae Vitae’

05/01/2018 at 3:54 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Frs. Mullady, Rutler and Spitzer on Hot Topics of the Day

04/24/2018 at 4:36 PM By Mary Anne Hackett