Translation of "impedito" into English

Oratione iuvamur ad credendum, ad sperandum, ad amandum, tum etiam cum humana nostra fragilitate impedimur.

Prayer helps us to believe, to hope and to love, even when our human weakness hinders us.

Quae quidem studia, tametsi intra certos fines improbari nequeant, adeptionem tamen supremae illius atque optatissimae coniunctionis valde impediunt.

These positions, though they cannot be criticized if kept within bounds, nevertheless greatly impede the attainment of the unanimity so greatly desired.