Theology of the Body

Holy Name Cathedral here in Chicago has been offering a kind of "Theology of the Body" page in the weekly bulletin. This page doesn't only offer bare-bones repetition of Church teachings in the hot-button areas of marriage, birth control and so on, but a look behind the headlines: a deeper context for the teachings of the Church, and at the same time, a look at society's assumptions and the often-ignored effects of things like chemical contraceptives on a couple's relationship itself. Here is a recent article which the Holy Name bulletin reprinted from Dr. Janet Smith.