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Is Catholic teaching on birth control driving people from the pews?
By Ryan Burge — January 10, 2023
(RNS) — Catholics’ adherence to the church’s teaching seems to depend in part on how often the person attends Mass.
Vatican orders Knights of Malta to cooperate with papal inquiry
By David Gibson — January 17, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) This is the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter battle between the Vatican and the global charity, which has defied Pope Francis and tried to discredit the probe.
Kelly Ayotte, free condoms — and a budding Catholic question?
By David Gibson — October 5, 2016
(RNS) The Republican senator from New Hampshire is locked in a tough re-election battle. Could her campaign gimmick to distribute free condoms to college students prompt any Catholic backlash?
Planned Parenthood backs off plan to put Mormon phrase on condoms
By guest — July 28, 2016
The pink-and-white wrappers were meant as a playful safe-sex reminder for Latter-day Saints, the organization said, but critics called the idea distasteful.
Could the Zika virus move Catholics to reconsider birth control? (COMMENTARY)
By Travis Knoll — February 11, 2016
(RNS) The church might be more flexible on the issue of contraception if it sees it less as a cultural poison pill leading down the slope to abortion and more as a viable public health alternative.
Despite the odds, one doctor promotes family planning in Muslim Nigeria
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 19, 2015
(RNS) For 10 years, Dr. Farouk Mohammed Jega, 45,has been championing evidence-based arguments to try to persuade clerics in Northern Nigeria that Islam supports family planning methods.
Milwaukee museum to display portrait of Pope Benedict made of condoms
By Reuters — June 30, 2015
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) The Milwaukee Art Museum says it hopes a portrait of Pope Benedict XVI made of condoms will ignite a conversation about the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the role art plays in public discussions.
Cocaine-filled condoms intercepted en route to the Vatican
By Eric J. Lyman — March 24, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Police said the cocaine in the shipment would have a street value of about 40,000 euros ($55,000).
Boston College, ACLU clash over condom giveaway
By John Bacon — March 28, 2013
(RNS) "As a Jesuit, Catholic university, there are certain Catholic commitments that Boston College is called to uphold," Boston College spokesman Jack Dunn said about efforts to shut down an undercover student group that distributes free condoms.
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