When Blessed Pope Paul VI wrote his encyclical Humanae Vitae on July 25, 1968, he neither claimed to be a prophet or saint. Time has proven him to be both. His predictions of what marriage and society would suffer if the use of contraception became widespread has come to pass. And now, a second miracle has cleared…
I first met Kim Heilman as the newly married, Mrs. Heilman, Old Testament religion teacher at St. Mary’s High School in Bismarck. She had a BA in Art History and English literature and an MA in Catholic studies and had lived through cultural relativism, coming out on the other end embracing her Catholic faith. It…
God told us: “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. ” Genesis 1:28. The latest birth rate numbers show we aren’t listening.
Last Summer, the physician’s assistant that gave my 12 and 15 year-old boys their sport physicals, surprised me by also giving a mini sex talk. I was somewhat speechless at the time, but after collecting my thoughts, I wrote a letter. Dear ________ Last summer, you asked my 12-year-old son: “Do you know about sex?” …
I recently posted a prolife, anti-contraception tweet that leaked onto the screens of people who insist on separating sex from procreation. One person commented that I was “50 cards short of a full deck” for my tweet that said: “Abortion is backup for contraception. Until we get rid of contraception, we won’t get rid of…
Dr. Laura Archuleta Dr. Laura Archuleta struggled with balancing her faith with a medical career until she saw the light. This story is excerpted from the Amazing Grace for Families. There never was a time in my medical career when “the birth control question” did not hang over my head. I often wondered how my Catholic…
This Tuesday, January 22, hundreds of thousands people who understand the value of a baby in the womb will arrive in Washington D.C. for the March for Life. Yet, many of those who fight for life are part of a culture that leads to abortion. Abortion is not an evil that stands alone. Rather,…