Dissident Notre Dame Theologian: Crackdown on Contraception has “Chilling Effect”

Cathleen Kaveny, a law and theology professor from the University of Notre Dame, bemoans in Commonweal Magazine that recent ecclesial actions have created a “chilling effect” on theologians and other Catholics who dissent on the Church’s teaching on contraception.

Apparently, she pines for the days before Humanae Vitae when “the use of contraception by married couples was still seen by most prelates as a matter on which people of good faith could disagree.”

Despite assertions to the contrary by Kaveny, the Catholic Church’s teaching has always been clear and consistent on contraception.  (more...)

Dissident Notre Dame Theologian: Crackdown on Contraception has “Chilling Effect”