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    What about the right to control our borders?

    The section of the Catechism that speaks about immigration (section 2241) is divided into two paragraphs that seem to be in tension with one another. Both are equally true, and to dismiss one of them in favor of the other…

    By Paul June 21, 2018
  • Amoris Laetitia,  Gaudete et Exsultate,  Humanae Vitae,  NFP,  Pope Francis,  Where Peter Is

    Humanae Vitae: truth, accompaniment, and culpability

    Therefore, it must be emphasized once more that the pastoral intervention of the Church in support of the family is a matter of urgency. Every effort should be made to strengthen and develop pastoral care for the family, which should…

    By Paul May 30, 2018
  • Catholic Social Teaching,  Gaudete et Exsultate,  Pope Francis,  Where Peter Is

    Pro-Lifers vs Pope Francis

    Kristina Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America, recently wrote an article titled ?Where Pope Francis Misses the Mark? where she expresses her concerns for something the Holy Father taught in his Apostolic Exhortation,?Gaudete et Exsultate. Hawkins expresses…

    By Paul April 18, 2018
  • Gaudete et Exsultate,  Pope Francis,  Where Peter Is

    If you can?t keep the Commandments, it?s your fault!

    Last week I wrote an?article?about neo-Pelagianism that drew from the recent CDF document titled??On Certain Aspects of Christian Salvation.??I wanted to follow up that article first by drawing from Pope Francis? brand new Apostolic Exhortation,?Gaudete et Exsultate, regarding neo-Pelagianism and…

    By Paul April 10, 2018
  • Humanae Vitae,  NFP

    NFP, Suffering, and Asceticism

    Recently I wrote about how?NFP is not good?in and of itself, but rather can be good when used with virtue and faithfulness. I wanted to follow up that article by discussing the real suffering that many couples endure because of…

    By Paul March 11, 2018
  • Humanae Vitae,  NFP

    NFP is not good

    I have often heard it said that natural family planning (NFP) is good. Both in the sense that practicing NFP is necessarily good for marriages, good for families, or good for growing in virtue. But also in the sense that…

    By Paul February 28, 2018
  • Humanae Vitae,  NFP

    Can you use NFP with a Contraceptive Mentality?

    This article is an unexpected follow up to an article I wrote recently called ?The Myth of the Contraceptive Mentality.? Based on the feedback from that article I thought it would be good to dive into what exactly a contraceptive…

    By Paul February 17, 2018
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    Truth and Love is Neither Left or Right

    I graduated from college in the spring of 2012, in the middle of President Obama?s second race for the White House. Up to that point I was what one could call a one issue voter. I was raised and homeschooled…

    By Paul August 8, 2017

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