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Population growth the single greatest threat to world peace – and activities by the Catholic hierarchy the greatest deterrent

The effective opposition to population growth control activities by the Catholic hierarchy has clearly been the single greatest deterrent.

Stephen Mumford on the American Catholic Church

Religious fanaticism drives the entire anti-abortion movement. The energy and organization and direction of this movement is derived from religious fanaticism.

Stephen Mumford on Global 2000

The Global 2000 Report is the single greatest threat to the conserva­tive leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in this century and possibly...

NSSM 200, the Vatican, and the World Population Explosion

In 1995, Pope John Paul II made public his encyclical letter entitled Evangelicum Vitae, which assailed both abortion and contraception.

Excerpts from: The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a U.S. Population Policy

It is most important to understand that the Vatican leadership can visualize a world where it no longer exists.

National Security Study Memorandum 200: World Population Growth And U.S. Security

President Nixon understood the grave dangers of high rates of population growth – more than any other president.

How the Pope uses the “ecumenical movement” to silence Protestant criticism

The 'ecumenical movement' is the pope’s most important stratagem to silence Protestant criticism of Vatican interference in America.

How far is the Vatican willing to go to ensure its survival?

The Vatican has had so much success at shutting down efforts to control population growth that draconian actions have not yet been necessary.

Should Catholic priests and nuns who are “good people” leave the church?

Frequently I’m attacked for criticizing priests and nuns who are manifestly “good people.” The difficulty is that priests and nuns are caught in a wrenching…

Why should the Pope decide what is moral and what is immoral?

The principle of papal infallibility is now the fundamental principle of the Church. It is the glue that holds all dogma, all Church teachings, together.

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