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Postponing Self-Destruction of the Catholic Church

Posted by Authors, Highlights, Stephen D. Mumford 15 May 2012

This is the sixth of a series of chapters from N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford’s book, “The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy”, given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome. In the following chapter, Dr Mumford explores the strategies by which the Vatican and US Catholic bishops have been able to extend [...]

The Cross of Papal Infallibility

Posted by Authors, Highlights, Stephen D. Mumford 17 Apr 2012

This is the first of a series of chapters from N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford’s book, “The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy”, given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome. In the following chapter Dr Mumford reveals why the Church cannot change its position on birth control, as relevant and revealing today [...]

FREE BOOK: The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy

Posted by Authors, Books, Stephen D. Mumford 4 Apr 2012

Given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome, we are making “The Life and Death of NSSM 200” by N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford freely available to download. Dr Mumford brings to bear overwhelming evidence of the anti-democratic and anti-American machinations of the Vatican and US Catholic bishops as they have sought to destroy all initiatives for family planning [...]

The Origins of Vatican Power in America

Posted by Authors, Highlights, Stephen D. Mumford 26 Mar 2012

This is the fourth of a series of chapters from N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford’s book, “American Democracy and the Vatican”, given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome. In the following chapter Dr Mumford reveals the origins of Vatican power in America, as relevant and revealing today as it was when the book was first published in 1984.

Why The Pope Can’t Change The Church’s Position On Birth Control: Implications For Americans

Posted by Authors, Stephen D. Mumford 5 Feb 2012

The antiabortion movement in the United States was created in response to the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade in 1973, which legalized abortion. However, it really owes its origin to a group of men in Rome 103 years earlier. This was 1870, the year of Vatican Council I, a conclave of great importance in recent church history. Why is this so? Hans Kung, the renowned Swiss Catholic theologian, [...]

The Vatican’s Role in the World Population Crisis: The Untold Story

Posted by Authors, Stephen D. Mumford 5 Feb 2012

The International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994 was a turning point. Until then, it was not widely known that the Catholic Church, as directed by its hierarchy in the Vatican, was a principle force in opposing population growth control. Any effort by the Vatican to conceal its staunch opposition was abandoned when the Holy See shut down the meeting for the first six days. Everyone was stunned. [...]

Infallibility and the Population Problem

Posted by Authors, Papers, Population Stress, Stephen D. Mumford 10 Nov 2010

I have been asked to speak about what the Catholic Church has been saying and doing in its opposition to family planning. I want to be clear from the outset that I am talking about the Vatican hierarchy and not the Catholic laity. As many of you know, studies show that American Catholic women use contraception and abortion at slightly higher rates than non-Catholic women. My research has been devoted to the Vatican’s [...]

Close Your Eyes and Think of Rome

Posted by Reproductive health 19 Jul 2010

Source: Mother Jones, May/June 2010 Issue. SINCE 1870, WHEN the Roman Catholic Church formally pronounced popes infallible, a lot of Vatican energy has gone into claiming that doctrine never changes—that the church has been maintaining the same positions since the time of Jesus. Of course, historians know better: Dozens of church conferences, synods, and councils have regularly [...]

Why the church can’t change

Posted by Authors, Papers, Stephen D. Mumford 25 Jun 2010

The anti-abortion movement in the United States was created in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade in 1973, which legalized abortion. However, it really owes its origin to a group of men in Rome 103 years earlier. This was 1870, the year of Vatican Council I, a conclave of great importance in recent church history. Why is this so? Hans Küng, the renowned Swiss Catholic theologian, best summed up the problem [...]

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