The Free Peoples of Africa

As has already been reported in the news, the West (that is, the current Administration of the U.S. and the U.N.) is trying to foist contraception upon developing nations, using various euphemisms as a selling point. Well, the Catholic Bishops of Africa aren't buying. They are standing up for the freedom of the Africans. Yes, I say, "freedom," because true freedom is the ability to do what is right. The Africans are decent people who want to observe the law that is written in their hearts, that is, the natural moral law. This law is written on the heart of every human person. Every human being knows what is right and just, but, says St. Thomas Aquinas, some persons and even whole societies may lose this "knowledge" on account of repeated violations of the moral law. In theological terms, a man's conscience becomes numb. How blessed are the Africans and their bishops because their consciences are pure! "Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord and enter His holy place? [It is] the man with clean hands and pure heart." -from the Psalms