Fear of having babies at 40; Vatican oddly weighs in on Mary's titles; and more!

Show Notes:What is a good age to have a baby? by Leila Marie Lawler — embedded link re: progesterone treatment in IVFThe Facebook post, “40 is not the onset of menopause” — up to 300 likes/loves and 146 testimonials and commentsLeila on how silencing works — this strategy applies to all sorts of issues:For a long time, many of good will wanted to extend a charitable interpretation of whatever seems disturbing in Fr. Martin’s work, especially when it comes to rejecting Church teaching (and normal morality) on something as important as homosexuality.Their relentless overlooking of his intent is in part due to the success of LGBT+ activists in creating an identity to substitute for mental illness and perversion, and thus effecting a handy self-silencing culture among opponents.Fr. Martin is good at this. He has maneuvered many Catholics into thinking they have to approve him in order to avoid being thought “mean” (a term he often uses for bigoted and hateful).Why now? The Vatican’s odd ‘clarification’ of Marian piety by Phil LawlerThe Vatican and the trolls — Or: Is Cardinal Fernandez spending too much time online? by Phil LawlerDo you look forward to our podcast? Do not hesitate to subscribe! It’s free! Or you can choose to support us financially if you are able— either way, we appreciate you!Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work.Want to tell a friend? Please do!Don’t wish to take out a paid subscription just now? We understand!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe