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Pope John Paul II: “The passing of unjust laws often raises difficult problems of conscience for morally upright people with regard to the issue of cooperation, since they have a right to demand not to be forced to take part … Continue reading
I am now offering my booklet on Roman Catholic sexual ethics, as it applies to pornography, as a free 25 page booklet: Free Booklet: The Immorality of Pornography [PDF] a booklet of Roman Catholic moral theology This brief work examines … Continue reading
Excerpts from my booklet: There are no exceptions to the eternal moral law. Art is not exempt from the moral law. A particular work may be art and moral, or art and immoral, or moral and not art, or immoral … Continue reading
Does the Bible approve of slavery, or remain silent on its immorality? Has the Roman Catholic Magisterium condemned slavery as intrinsically evil and always gravely immoral? The Bible The Old Testament had something more like indentured servitude. In ancient times, … Continue reading
The use of contraception is intrinsically evil and always gravely immoral: Pontifical Council for the Family: “The Church has always taught the intrinsic evil of contraception, that is, of every marital act intentionally rendered unfruitful. This teaching is to be … Continue reading
There is no guarantee from God that each and every Pope in succession will be a conservative. Although some conservative Catholics speak as if Catholics with more liberal theological opinions are necessarily heretics or apostates, such is not the case. … Continue reading
I’m releasing a lengthy free excerpt from my book Roman Catholic Marital Sexual Ethics, in the form of a downloadable PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file. The booklet is simply Chapter 7 of the book, along with an abbreviated Introduction and the … Continue reading
Suppose that the U.S. Bishops reinstate the requirement for all Catholics to abstain from eating meat on all Fridays (other than a major liturgical feast day, such as Christmas). Would it be a mortal sin to deliberately and knowingly choose … Continue reading
From a Catholic Christian point of view, is it the grave sin of blasphemy to insult Mohammed or Islam? Yes, it is. There are two ways to commit blasphemy: directly or indirectly. Direct blasphemy would be any thought, word, or … Continue reading
When secular society represents marriage as if it justifies every sexual sin, it corrupts marriage to such a grave extent that the term pornification is fitting. When secular society approves of same-sex marriage, it thereby implicitly approves of unnatural sexual … Continue reading
Certain few Bishops are guilty of hypocrisy, in that they say to the faithful, in effect: “Do as I say, not as I do.” They tell the faithful not to vote for politicians who support or promote intrinsic evils, such … Continue reading
There are only three things that can make an act sinful: 1) intention 2) moral object 3) circumstances — especially the consequences of the act The magisterial teaching on the three fonts is clear. An act is moral if and … Continue reading
the reproach of Christ 