Amid political debate, new effort to promote Church teaching on contraception, NFP

April 16, 2012

With a story on young Catholic women who are promoting a more positive understanding of Natural Family Planning, the Washington Post reports—and at the same time illustrates—that the US political debate on contraceptive coverage has drawn new attention for the Church’s teaching on birth control.

Janet Smith, a veteran champion of that Church teaching, is quoted by the Post making a remarkable—and no doubt accurate—observation: “More priests have given sermons on this in the past few weeks than in the last 50 years.”

 

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Further information:

• Young Catholic women try to modernize the message on birth control (Washington Post)