John Grabowski , associate professor, moral theology, was quoted in stories by Catholic News Service, Catholic News Agency, and America magazine on a press conference at which he was a panelist on Catholics and contraceptives. The Cardinal Newman Society , Our Sunday Visitor , and Crux also wrote about the statement.
The Boston Pilot published the Catholic News Agency story in August 2017. See below.
From: Catholic News Service (via The Pilot) Date: Sept. 20, 2016
... "We cannot pretend that it is still 1968 or ignore the harm done by the sexual revolution," said John Grabowski, associate professor of moral theology and ethics at The Catholic University in Washington. Grabowski, who was an expert at the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family, made the comments in a Sept. 20 news release about the scholars' statement released in Washington.
"Unfortunately, the Wijngaards statement fails to acknowledge the vindication of the teaching of Blessed Paul VI over the last 48 years by the sciences, the social sciences, and its further elaboration by the teaching of St. John Paul II and its support from Pope Francis," he said. ...
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From: Catholic News Agency Date: Sept. 21, 2016 Author: Adelaide Mena... Religious studies professor John Grabowski of Catholic University of America agreed.
He told CNA that during his time serving on the Pontifical Council for the Family, he has heard people from around the world complain that "we are having these population, family planning services shoved down our throats, regardless of our convictions, our cultural values, our religious convictions."
In many cases, he said, funding is directly tied to acceptance of contraception and abortion programs. "It really is contraceptive imperialism."
Grabowki, who also signed the document supporting Church teaching, pointed out that every major Christian church agreed with Catholicism through the 20th century.
And today, he said, "there are many Catholic scholars, academics and intellectuals who support the Church's teaching, who recognize that the teaching is not the policy instituted by the Church 48 years ago, but represents the constant teaching of the Church from its beginning."
Grabowksi noted that when Pope Paul VI wrote Humanae Vitae, he "predicted that if contraception were to be widely implemented we could expect a number of things to come to pass: increasing infidelity, and the overall moral decline within society, a loss of respect for women on the part of men." ...
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From: America Date: Sept. 21, 2016 Author : Michael O'Loughlin
... John S. Grabowski, an ethics professor at the Catholic University of America and a co-author of the statement supporting the church's ban on contraception, told America that it is important for U.S. Catholics to know that there are many in the scholarly world who stand by the church's teaching.
"People might stop and reconsider what we know now compared to 1968," he said. ...
Grabowski, on the other hand, said that he and his colleagues have heard a different story, one more in line with pronouncements from Pope Francis who has repeatedly condemned "ideological colonization," which some interpret as criticism against international aid packages that include money earmarked for contraception. (The pope has also suggested, however, that there may be special cases in which couples have understandable reasons for wanting to limit family size.)
"What we're hearing from people in the developing world is that they're grateful that Catholic scholars are speaking out on issues like this because they're dealing with contraception imperialism from the U.S. and other countries that link aid to contraception," Grabowski said. ...
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