WHY? If one can be saved in any religion, why bother with the “burden” of the One True Religion’s demands? Why bother going to Mass or Confession? Protestants can be saved without these sacraments. For that matter, so can Jews, … Continue reading
Tag Archives: demographic winter
Ireland: Contraception Brings Birth Rate Below Replacement Level
Fr. Z’s Blog: Does this surprise anyone? From the Iona Institute: Irish birthrate slips below replacement level Ireland’s birthrate has dropped below replacement level, new figures have revealed. The figures, published yesterday in the Central Statistics Office Statistical Yearbook, show that … Continue reading
Cardinal Warns About Catastrophe of Italy’s Demographic Winter
Zenit News: A culture without children and without elderly people is seriously warped and unable to function, says the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. Read more from Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco’s evocative sermon here.
Report of the Institute for Family Policies Spells Catastrophe for Europe
Zenit reports: Europe is immersed in an unprecedented demographic winter, with a bleak outlook and a catastrophic future, according to the Institute for Family Policies, which presented a report to the European Parliament on Wednesday. Full article is here.
Co-Creator of the Pill Laments Horrible Effects
With Catholics continuing to contracept themselves out of existence, these alarming words by a scientist who never thought in his “wildest dreams” that his invention would be used for contraception are a sobering diagnosis of the moral sickness of what … Continue reading
