Statements U.S. Bishops Have Posted on the Unjust HHS Contraception/Sterilization Mandate and Its Infringement of Conscience Rights & Religious Liberty Reply

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Originally promulgated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:

The following U.S. bishops and apostolic administrators have posted statements on the unjust HHS Contraception/Sterilization Mandate and its infringement of conscience rights & religious liberty. More…

What Every Married Couple Should Know About the Truth of Sex and the Lie of Contraception 1

by • Spiritual Lights (Fr Jason Smith) • Tags: , , ,

Words are not the only way we communicate, the body itself speaks a language.

A smile is, for example, one of the most obvious and effective means of non-verbal communication. It is so important Dale Carnegie notes that:

The expression worn on your face is far more important than the clothes worn on your back. More…

Christ’s Transfiguration: Worry Is Spiritual Short Sight; Its Cure Is Intelligent Faith. 9

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Blaise Pascal once wrote:

“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.”

The picture above, taken from the bottom portion of Rafael’s Transfiguration, More…

How to Keep Your Kids Safe from Internet Pornography Reply

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Did you know that the average age of a child’s first exposure to pornography is 11-years old?

You might also be surprised to learn that 79% of exposure to internet pornography occurs not at a friend’s house but in their own home.

If you are concerned about protecting your children from internet pornography, you should learn more about software filters, like Covenant Eyes, and programs for kids, like K4J.

The following video will tell you what you need to know: More…

Fr John Bartunek: Straight Talk about Contraception Reply

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Although the HHS mandate is clearly a violation of the 1st Amendment and an affront to religious liberty, by reopening and drawing heavy attention to the contraception debate, it offers Catholics the opportunity to clarify the Church’s position on contraception and explain, more importantly, why it holds this teaching. Fr John Bartunek’s short article is a common-sense explanation that actually delivers what it More…

Catholics and Contraception 2

by • The Theologian (Fr Jose LaBoy) • Tags:

Fr Jose LaBoy

In the confessional and when dealing with married couples I find mainly two attitudes in Catholics who use contraceptives. One is that of weakness, there is knowledge of the evil of contraception, but the circumstances of life become a justification for using contraceptives in order to avoid More…