Author Archives: Ron Conte

Radical Revisionist Ethics: Adultery and Lying

Posted on 22 May 2017 by Ron Conte

When I was getting my degree in philosophy and theology at Boston College (many years ago), I took a class in sexual ethics. The professor, Lisa Sowle Cahill, did in fact teach what the Church teaches on morality, including that … Continue reading →

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Catholic Ethics: what is sin?

Posted on 21 May 2017 by Ron Conte

God alone is good. The goodness of God is the basis for all morality. Everything created by God has goodness, but God alone is Goodness. Only God is perfect and infinite Goodness, by His very Nature. The Nature of God … Continue reading →

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The conservative Catholic subculture has gone astray from the true Faith

Posted on 21 May 2017 by Ron Conte

After Vatican II, liberal Catholics used the Council as an excuse for a number of serious errors on faith and morals, and on discipline. But the Council is not responsible for those errors, just as the Bible is not responsible … Continue reading →

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Sinful Secular Society has influenced Catholic Moral Theology

Posted on 19 May 2017 by Ron Conte

A couple of recent Gallup polls show that Catholics in the U.S. have largely lost their moral compass. Newsweek reports that 55% of non-Catholic Christians support legalized same-sex marriage. What about Catholics? It’s 65% for Catholics. We have the teaching … Continue reading →

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Birth Control Pills for a Medical Purpose? The Catholic Answer

Posted on 17 May 2017 by Ron Conte

Is it moral for Catholic spouses to both (1) use abortifacient contraception for a medical purpose and (2) continue having marital relations? The correct Catholic answer: The spouses must refrain from sex while taking abortifacient contraception for a medical purpose. … Continue reading →

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What is the Benedict Option?

Posted on 16 May 2017 by Ron Conte

Short answer: Christians exercise the Benedict Option when they strive to live apart from secular society, as much as possible, while forming a community with like-minded Christians. Saint Benedict left behind the sinful society of Rome to live in a … Continue reading →

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Some People do not want to be in the State of Grace

Posted on 15 May 2017 by Ron Conte

To have eternal happiness in Heaven, a human person must die in the state of grace. The state of grace always includes the theological virtues of love, faith, and hope. So we can say that the state of grace is … Continue reading →

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The Most Common Error on Intrinsically Evil Acts

Posted on 14 May 2017 by Ron Conte

There are three fonts of morality, three things that can possibly make a human act moral or immoral: (1) intention, (2) moral object, (3) circumstances. Any one bad font makes the act objectively wrong to choose. 1. The font called … Continue reading →

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Making Friends for Eternal Life

Posted on 13 May 2017 by Ron Conte

When you pray for other persons, by name or more generally by their particular need, you are making friends for eternal life in Heaven. For when you and they all eventually go to Heaven, they will know that you prayed … Continue reading →

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The Doctrinal Crisis on Intrinsic Evil

Posted on 11 May 2017 by Ron Conte

In Roman Catholic moral theology, no teaching of Jesus Christ through His Church is more under attack than the teaching that intrinsically evil acts are always wrong. It is a difficult teaching to accept. The condemnation of intrinsically evil acts … Continue reading →

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The Doctrines of the Council of Trent: a new translation

Posted on 11 May 2017 by Ron Conte

I have published a new booklet: ‘The Doctrines of the Council of Trent: A New Translation‘. The Council of Trent was held from 1545 to 1563. This new translation contains only the doctrines of the Council of Trent, not also … Continue reading →

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Germain Grisez justifies partial birth abortions

Posted on 10 May 2017 by Ron Conte

In his book, ‘The Way of the Lord Jesus’, Roman Catholic moral theologian Germain Grisez openly rejects magisterial teaching against direct abortion to save the life of the mother. And he approves of partial birth abortions. Grisez claims that it … Continue reading →

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