Tag: national catholic reporter

  • The Bishops are Right: How Horan and Lysaught Fail in Their Objections to the Doctrinal Note

    The Bishops are Right: How Horan and Lysaught Fail in Their Objections to the Doctrinal Note

    About a month and a half ago, on March 20th, the USCCB Committee on Doctrine issued a fairly straightforward 13 page document entitled “Doctrinal Note on the Moral Limits to Technological Manipulation of the Human Body“. The article outlines some basic Catholic teachings regarding the human body and when it is and is not licit…

  • Contraception, NFP and Sex: A Refutation of Salzman and Lawler

    Contraception, NFP and Sex: A Refutation of Salzman and Lawler

    Recently, Todd Salzman and Michael Lawler published an article over at National Catholic Reporter arguing in favor of abandoning the Church’s traditional teaching on contraception. In their article, Salzman and Lawler note correctly that if the Church were to change her teaching on contraception, “the entire edifice of official Catholic sexual teaching crumbles”. As a…