Alex, need you be reminded that the National Catholic Reporter is as Catholic as Ted Kennedy is, and both seek to undermine Catholic teaching?
Davidson’s perspective is informed by the research work he undertook with colleagues William D’Antonio, Dean Hoge and Katherine Meyer, which resulted in their highly respected 2001 study “American Catholics: Gender, Generation and Commitment.”
The report sounds like a product of the "women's studies" department of a typical American university. The fact that the Reporter says it's "highly respected" seems to support my hypothesis.
“In general,’ she said, “most of the parish priests I interviewed said although they agreed with Humana Vitae, they did not bring it up with their parishioners because they did not wish to alienate them from the life of the church.”
It's called Humae Vitae. It is the spineless nature of many parish priests that has set up this situation. Their silence is their condoning of the fact that these people have already alienated themselves from not just the Church, but from God. They know it is wrong because the Church teaches it is wrong, but they have chosen to disregard it (though I would guess that at least some have never been taught that contraception is a sin). Grave matter, sufficient reflection, and full consent of the will.... it sounds like mortal sin to me.
He thinks UNESCO is a reliable source, too ... as long as the outcome can be given an anti-Catholic spin in some way.
I'm getting bored with this - anyone else think a boycott of the poster's threads is in order?
#4: Well, actually, NYer posted the same article a few minutes after Alex did.
You planning on giving NYer the same "reminder" you gave me?