Catholics for a Free Choice

by Brian Clowes

Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) is a Washington, D.C.-based organization whose objective is to convince lawmakers, the popular media and Catholics that there can be an authentic "Catholic pro-choice" philosophy. CFFC was founded in 1970 by three members of a pro-abortion group called the National Organization for Women (NOW). Its first public act was to ridicule the Catholic Church by crowning one of these women "Pope Joan I" on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Read More...

Free Choice

by William E. May

The expression "free choice" is connected in today's public opinion with the struggle conducted by different groups in favor of liberalizing the laws on procured abortion in different countries. In the name of the right of the human person to his own body in order to realize his life's project, these groups asserted that a pregnant woman has the right to abortion, and that the law has to respect such a right. Read More...

NFP, Isn't That Rhythm?

by Rev. Paul Marx, O.S.B.

Natural means of fertility control have been a life-long interest of mine. Even in the seminary (1942-47) I wondered why the Church didn't intensively research and teach the theology and methodology of Natural Family Planning (NFP); then as now, birth control was an enormous problem. Teaching marriage preparation courses for years at two Catholic colleges only enhanced my interest in NFP, as did giving many retreats for young married couples after the war. They used to call me "Father Rhythm" and "Father Temp" at St. John's University in Minnesota. Over the years I sponsored eight international symposia on NFP, still misunderstood as the "old rhythm" method so often today. Read More...