The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:10:24 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: The blessings and burden of living Humanae Vitae /opinion/columnists/item/28443-fr-raymond-j-de-souza-the-blessings-and-burden-of-living-humanae-vitae /opinion/columnists/item/28443-fr-raymond-j-de-souza-the-blessings-and-burden-of-living-humanae-vitae

Is living the teaching of Humanae Vitae regarding the moral means of managing fertility burdensome? Yes, and effective pastoral support for couples who are attempting to do just that — using natural family planning (NFP) rather than contraception — is served by acknowledging that up front. NFP is a burden.

]]> fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Register Columnists Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:10:26 -0500 Canadian Church coming to terms with Humanae Vitae /item/27717-canadian-church-coming-to-terms-with-humanae-vitae /item/27717-canadian-church-coming-to-terms-with-humanae-vitae

Canadian controversy over Humanae Vitae began long before Pope Paul VI issued his controversial encyclical.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Mon, 23 Jul 2018 07:35:34 -0400 Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Humanae VitaeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp vision still as relevant as ever /opinion/columnists/item/27513-fr-raymond-j-de-souza-humanae-vitae-s-vision-still-as-relevant-as-ever /opinion/columnists/item/27513-fr-raymond-j-de-souza-humanae-vitae-s-vision-still-as-relevant-as-ever

Next month will mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the 1968 encyclical of Blessed Paul VI which  reaffirmed the immorality of contraception at a time when many in the Church and the world expected a change.

]]> fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Register Columnists Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:59:41 -0400 Understanding fertility is key to good marriage /features/life-family/item/23760-understanding-fertility-is-key-to-good-marriage /features/life-family/item/23760-understanding-fertility-is-key-to-good-marriage

SURREY,  B.C. – For Dominic and Lisa Price natural family planning is exactly that —natural.

]]> Life & Family Sun, 04 Dec 2016 11:59:00 -0500 Dr. Billings helped develop widely used method of NFP /home/international/item/15872-dr-billings-helped-develop-widely-used-method-of-nfp /home/international/item/15872-dr-billings-helped-develop-widely-used-method-of-nfp

MELBOURNE, Australia - Dr. Evelyn Billings, who with her husband, John, pioneered research that led them to develop a form of natural family planning supported by the Catholic Church, died Feb. 16 after a short illness. She was 95.

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