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CONTRACEPTION: A MATTER OF CONCERN NOT ONLY FOR CATHOLICS BUT FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS PDF
by William E. May, Ph.D., Senior Fellow   

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Introduction
Contraception is usually considered an issue of sexual ethics rather than one proper to bioethics. But contraception is quite relevant to respect for human life. Contraception is not itself a sexual act but rather accompanies a sexual act. Obviously one can engage in sex and not contracept; copulating couples who contracept engage in two acts: they choose to copulate and they choose to contracept. Here I will argue that contraception is an anti-life kind of act and leads to the “culture of death.”

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10/26/2009
 
POPE BENEDICT XVI’S ENCYCLICAL CARITAS IN VERITATE ON LIFE ISSUES PDF
by William E. May, Ph.D., Senior Fellow   

william_e_may.jpgFirst, I will present Pope Benedict’s teaching on life issues in the encyclical and then offer comments thereon.

The Pope’s Teaching
Pope Benedict XVI addresses issues related to the sanctity of human life and human sexuality in depth in three different areas of his new social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth).
In Chapter 2, titled “Human Development in Our Time,” the Pope begins by saying: “One of the most striking aspects of development in the present day is the important question of respect for life (emphasis in original), which cannot in any way be detached from questions concerning the development of peoples. It is an aspect which has acquired increasing prominence in recent times, obliging us to broaden our concept of poverty and underdevelopment to include questions connected with the acceptance of life, especially in cases where it is impeded in a variety of ways (emphasis added) (no. 28, 1). He then goes on to declare:

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07/29/2009
 
Benedict XVI’s New Encyclical: Caritas in Veritate PDF
by E. Christian Brugger, Ph.D., Senior Fellow in Ethics   

christian_new.jpgAs now is widely known, Pope Benedict XVI recently issued his third Encyclical, entitled Caritas in Veritate [1].  Most of us are familiar with pope’s issuing encyclicals.  But some of us might not be clear on what precisely an encyclical is.   In this blast I would like to explain briefly some pertinent points about the nature and issuing of papal encyclicals.


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07/28/2009
 
GOD’S LOVING PROVIDENCE AND THE GREAT GOOD OF BODILY LIFE PDF
by William E. May, Ph.D., Senior Fellow   
william_e_may.jpgHuman Life: a precious gift from God
In his magnificent Homily, “Stand Up for Human Life,” that he gave on the Washington Mall on October 7, 1979, Pope John Paul II eloquently defended the intrinsic goodness of human life, including bodily life, declaring: “Human life is not just an idea or an abstraction. Human life is the concrete reality of a being that lives, that acts, that grows and develops.  Human life is the concrete reality of a being that is capable of love and of service to humanity.” Moreover, he added: “When God gives life it is forever.”
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07/06/2009
 
Notre Dame, Obama and the Catholic Brand PDF
by Helen Alvaré, J.D., Senior Fellow in Law   
alvare_h.jpgCulture of Life Senior Fellow in Law, Helen M. Alvaré, in Zenit on "How Honoring the President Could Weaken the Catholic Voice"
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04/09/2009
 
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