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Volume 3 Issue 8.1 First in Time, First in Right September 16, 2011 A A CFCFFLUSA CFCFFLUSA SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER eSUPPLEMENT eSUPPLEMENT In 1968, Pope Paul VI released Humanae Vi- tae, an encyclical affirming the Christian tradi- tion’s ancient and constant moral teaching that contraception is wrong. Sadly , Humanae Vitae came as a shock to many Christians inside and outside the Catholic Church, who thought that the church was ready to accommodate herself to the modern view of marriage as primarily a relational, not procrea- Humanae Vitae & the Facts of Life & Marriage Soci al Sci ence Soci al Sci ence an d t h e Vind ication and the Vindication of the Christian of t h e Christian Moral T eaching Mor al T eaching tive, institution. Indeed, in the wak e of Humanae Vitae, the Catholic Church largely lost her ability to suc- cessfully convince the American laity , not to mention to Christians throughout the West, of the truth and beauty of her moral teaching on matters related to sex and marriage. Three historical, sociological, and intellectual factors help account for this failure. HeadsUp! HeadsUp! A definite “Must Read” for all Catholics, especially if they are in government. A definite “Must Read” for all Catholics, especially if they are in government. The riots in Britain have been perpetrated by young people who have been brought up fatherless. The statistics laid out in the book I Am Your Father , by Mark Stibbe; are too long to enumerate here. The effect of fatherless- ness is not just revealed in the absence of respect for the autho rity or just expressed through mindless vandalism and ruthless violence. The darkness also shouts aloud in teenage binge culture, addictions, crime, abortions, sexually- transmitted diseases, eating disorders, self harm and even suicides. A fulltime lay eccl esial movement, such as Cou- ples for Christ Foundation for F amily and Life, has been called by the Holy Spirit to assist the Catholic Church ground its offensive to recover orthodoxy in faith, renewal o f the family and defense of life, overtaken by the cultural revoluti on of latte r baby boomers and accom panyi ng errors of modernism an d libera lism - EDITOR
