Article From “Does Method Matter? Contraception and Catholic Identity,” Part I To understand human sex is to focus first on its effects on whole persons, not on its biological outcome By Lisa Fullam June 4, 2018 Sexuality Contraception mandate Women in the Church
Article From “Contraception and Honesty” What the ‘Humanae vitae’ debate is—and is not—about By Peter Steinfels June 4, 2018 Bishops Contraception mandate U.S. Catholicism Sexuality
Article From “A Disembodied ‘Theology of the Body’” A theology of the body ought at least to have feet that touch the ground By Luke Timothy Johnson June 3, 2018 U.S. Catholicism Sexuality
Article From “Sex: How Odd of God” Humanae vitae was a regressive moment in Catholic history and the history of human sexuality By Robert G. Hoyt June 3, 2018 Contraception mandate U.S. Catholicism Sexuality
Article From “Indefensible: Moral Teaching after ‘Humanae Vitae’” Humanae vitae damaged not only the respect of the faithful for the Church's moral teaching, but also the integrity of Catholic moral theology itself By Michael Dummett June 3, 2018 Sexuality U.S. Catholicism Contraception mandate
Article From “A Bitter Pill” A historian explains how silence on contraception drove a regrettable wedge between the clergy and laity on sexual morality By Leslie Tentler June 3, 2018 Sexuality Theology Vatican II