Thibaud Collin on the JPII Institute

Sandro Magister: “Humanae Vitae” Farewell. Here Comes the One Who Will Celebrate Its Funeral

CWR Dispatch: Professor: With new president, JPII Institute should be renamed ‘Amoris Laetitia Institute’

The Power of Truth

CWR: A sorely needed theological justification of the truth of the Catholic faith by Eduardo Echeverria

Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s book The Power of Truth addresses the challenges to Catholic doctrines and morals today—not only by the culture at large, but also by elements within the Church.

Sex, Sex, Sex

CWR: The theological roots of the present crisis by Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, SVD
An ambiguous attitude to “human sexuality” on the part of “mainstream” moral theology led in time to bishops effectively turning a blind eye to sinful behavior among clerics.

E. Christian Brugger on Marengo's Book

CWR: Marengo’s Lament: ‘The Birth of an Encyclical’ unwittingly confirms old truths by E. Christian Brugger

Pope Paul VI had no doubts about the truth of the doctrinal teaching he set forth in Humanae Vitae, but that he knew given the signs of the times that the teaching would be hard to receive.

More on The Birth of an Encyclical. Humanae Vitae in the light of the Vatican Archives

CWR Dispatch: On ‘Humanae vitae’—Pope Paul VI did not act alone by Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency

De Mattei: The Birth of Humanae Vitae in light of the Vatican Archives by Roberto de Mattei

Related:
Humanae Vitae needs no update, commission chair says

Sandro Magister: "Humanae Vitae." So It Was Born, and Woe To the One Who Touches It

Crisis: Bishops of Kazakhstan Reaffirm Humanae Vitae BY ARCHBISHOP TOMASH PETA, BISHOP ADELIO DELL'ORO, BISHOP ATHANASIUS SCHNEIDER, ET. AL.

Editor’s note: The following document is a pastoral letter issued May 13 by the bishops of Kazakhstan on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the encyclical Humanae Vitae. Praised...

Sandro Magister: Surprise. Among the Francis Men Is One Who Is Defending "Humanae Vitae"

Karol Wojtyla and Humanae Vitae by Pawel Galuska

Sandro Magister: "Humanae Vitae" Under Siege. Two New Assaults and a Counterattack

Related: Analysis: Overturning Humanae Vitae's teaching, a 'crime against the Church'

More on the Maneuvering around Humanae Vitae

Sandro Magister: The "Disloyal" Maneuver of Those Who Want To Rewrite "Humanae Vitae." A Letter

Moves Against Humana Vitae?

Sandro Magister: Goodbye, "Humanae Vitae." Francis Liberalizes the Pill and "Humanae Vitae" Under Siege. But It Will Have To Go Over Wojtyla and Caffarra's Dead Bodies

But Very Little Overt Resistance in the Form of Affirming Traditional Discipline

CWR: “Ecclesial reception” in the Era of Francis by Peter M.J. Stravinskas

Out of more than 5,000 bishops in the universal Church, I don’t think we can consider supporters of the problematic practice of permitting divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion as constituting “reception”.

Is Humanae Vitae Next?

More rumors and guessing...

Catholic Herald: There’s a movement to undermine Catholic morality – Communion is just the start by Ed Condon

Rorate Caeli: De Mattei: Francis imposes concelebration in the Priestly Colleges of Rome

Fr. Hunwicke: Whom to celebrate on June 28 ??????? and S Leo II and S Peter and the Papal Magisterium.

Reinterpreting Humanae Vitae?

Rorate Caeli: De Mattei: The Plan Of “Reinterpretation” For Humanæ Vitæ

Related: Name By Name, the Metamorphosis of the Pontifical Academy For Life

The Patristic View of Sex or Marital Relations

Was there a consensus?

James Brundage, Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe
Google Books

Mentioned here by someone who is not particularly orthodox, iirc.

Still, is some sort of revision necessary, not for the basic precepts regarding our sexual powers, but with respect to our attitudees and understanding of the virtues pertaining to those powers and marital relations?

The conjugal act: as God originally intended or a concession to the Fall?

Infants and children may need sensible signs of affection and touch by parents for their emotional/mental health and to flourish, and this may be true of adults to an extent that we may not realize. Would we say that this is merely concupiscence, our desire to touch and to be touched? In so far as it is non-rational, maybe some would. (Concupiscence is not just a condition of the sexual appetite but of the appetite for nutrition as well, and what else? Hunger, indeed.) A consequence of the fall, an increased animality or manifestation of the "sensitive" aspect of the soul? Maybe, maybe not. But a real feature of human beings in this world, nonetheless. So why wouldn't it be the case with how men and women, or husbands and wives relate to one another? Is something to be condemned or criticized or merely permitted because it is "too" carnal, or not "spiritual" enough? What if there is a natural teleology to certain acts of touch that we may be tempted to dismiss because we think we shouldn't need them?

The Catholic Thing: The End(s) of Marriage Since Vatican II by Howard Kainz

"But as I mentioned in a previous column, the “demotion” of “primary end” and the subsequent emphasis on “unitive” aspects of marriage, has even led some priests to consecrate intentionally childless marriages. More recently, this de-emphasis on procreation in favor of “the unitive significance” has certainly facilitated the slide towards obviously non-procreative “marriage” between homosexuals."

Are Josephite marriages "intentionally childless marriages"?

Living Tradition No. 152: A CANONICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE TEACHING IN HUMANAE VITAE by Andrew Kong