Category Archives: ethics

I’ve made the Kindle version of my booklet — Roman Catholic Teaching on Intrinsic Evil — free for the rest of February (25th through 29th Pacific Time). You don’t need a Kindle device to read it. Just download through your … Continue reading →

Introduction There are a number of different methods that are used today to reject the teaching of the Magisterium on any matter of faith, morals, or salvation. One approach is to treat all questions as if they were open to … Continue reading →

Basic Moral Principles In moral theology, an act is an exercise of the free will and the intellect: it is a knowing choice. The knowledge is of the intellect; the choice is of the free will. Morality concerns knowingly chosen … Continue reading →

1. Introduction A number of commentators are now claiming that the Magisterium has no teaching on the immorality of contraception outside of marriage. Some commentators base this claim in part on another claim, that the document Humanae Vitae has a … Continue reading →

Next we arrive at a relatively new heresy on the topic of contraception, one that is surprising in the depth of its disingenuous and foolish interpretation of magisterial documents. Apart from, and often in addition to, the above-described heresies on … Continue reading →

Pope Benedict XVI’s recent brief comments on condoms, excerpted from a book-length interview by a journalist, did not change the teaching of the Magisterium on contraception. However, the avalanche of misinformation in the secular news media about those comments did … Continue reading →

Papal spokesperson Fr. Federico Lombardi has publicly stated that the words of Pope Francis to the press (on the plane trip back from Mexico) should be understood as approving of the use of contraceptives or condoms in dire circumstances. Here … Continue reading →