ROME has spoken,” runs an ancient proverb of the Roman Catholic Church. “The case is closed.” No longer true. Last week Pope Paul VI formally promulgated his encyclical on birth control, which ...

ASK THE ETHICISTS: The Church teaches that direct sterilization and contraception are always immoral regardless of good intentions, but indirect sterilization is another matter. Polycystic ovary ...

It was bombshell news in the Catholic Church and it was on the front page. In April 1967, when the National Catholic Reporter published the secret recommendations of the Papal Commission on Birth ...

Pew Research Center. 2025. “Errata: Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America Want the Church to Allow Birth Control and to Let Women Become Priests .” doi: 10.58094/khzr-0505. Fresh data delivered ...

We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth control, with President Donald Trump launching the most serious effort in decades to curb contraception. The Department of Health and Human ...