Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Obedience to Church "Requires Preaching About the Moral Evil of Contraception"

BARRYS BAY, May 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Archbishop of the Canadian capital city of Ottawa addressed the convocation of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy in Barrys Bay Ontario last week, leaving attendees awestruck. The speech focused on Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae. Faithful Catholics leaving the event told LifeSiteNews.com "I've been waiting 35 years to hear that from a Canadian bishop."

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast described for the graduates and their families the tumultuous times of the 60's when Humanae Vitae was published (July 25, 1968). He recalled that many expected a "green light" on contraception from the Vatican and were "thunderstruck" when the encyclical was published....

Humanae Vitae was one of the most prophetic and important documents in the Church during our lifetime, coming shortly after Vatican Council II, yet so many behave as if it never happened, and thus, everyone suffers because of open rebellion to this immutable teaching of the Church.


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