Journeys of a Catholic Poster Girl

“Our faith needs to be the North Star of our lives. Our behavior needs to match our words.” –Archbishop Charles Chaput

Wild applause

Filed under: American Catholicism, Catholicism-general, abortion, birth control, life issues, links, notable Catholics — catholicpostergirl at 1:04 pm on Saturday, February 21, 2009

For this:

Sometimes you just need a little Flannery

to get right to the point.

from a letter Flannery O’Connor wrote to a friend:

The Church’s stand on birth control is the most absolutely spiritual of all her stands and with all of us being materialists at heart, there is little wonder that it causes unease. I wish various fathers would quit trying to defend it by saying that the world can support forty billion. I will rejoice in the day when they say: This is right, whether we all rot on top of each other or not, dear children, as we certainly may. Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding.

 
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