Today is a day of spiritual battle for New Zealand. Today our parilament will vote on whether our marriage law should include people irrespective of their "sex, sexual orientation or gender identity". Woe to New Zealand if the Marriage Amendment…
Category: Marriage
God’s Love for His Church Distorted in Same-Sex Marriage
Labour MP, Louisa Wall's bill to ammend the Marriage Act to allow all people to marry regardless of their gender is set to have its first reading in Parliament on Wednesday. According to a Herald Poll today, the bill looks…
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NZ Bishop’s Speak Out against Same-Sex Marriage
Debate is heating up in New Zealand over redefining marriage to include those of the same-sex. The "Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill" was drawn from the ballot on July 26th. Now is the time to write to your local politicians,…
Infertility, Science and the Church
The issue of infertility is one that strikes many couples today. This week the Academy for Life has been meeting in Rome discussing the topic "Diagnosis and Therapy of Infertility". Pope Benedict XVI took the time to address the attendees at…
Redefining Marriage
New Zealand is once again debating the meaning of the word marriage in the wake of Tamati Coffey's so-called wedding to his "partner". Tamati, a very like-able television weather presenter is openly gay and used his influence on Dancing with…
30 Years of Familiaris Consortio
Thirty years ago, Blessed John Paul II wrote a letter exhorting the Christian family. That apostolic exhortation was "Familiaris Consortio" or "The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World". Three decades have passed since its writing, and the…
Embracing God’s Plan for Love and Life
Following on from last week's blog, "The Legacy of Dissent from Humanae Vitae" I thought it appropriate to discuss the beauty of following God's Plan for Love and Life - which means embracing the teaching of Humanae Vitae. The world…
The Legacy of Dissent from Humanae Vitae
Forty-three years ago (25 July 1968) Pope Paul VI promulgated one of the most controversial encyclicals ever. The encyclical letter was Humanae Vitae, a prophetic letter on the regulation of births. This was the time of free love, the pill…
Be Fruitful and Multiply
"God blessed them, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it.'" (Genesis 1:28) This is a command that most married couples wish to fulfill. For the majority, procreation happens with relative ease. Some fall pregnant easily,…
Don’t Quit, Don’t Ever Quit
There have been so many items in the international news recently that should give all pro-lifers and people of good will cause for hope. Probably the most exciting news was the vote in the Polish Parliament on a bill that would…