Category Archives: ethics

Fr. Charles Pope explains: That Blessing of an Abortion Center was an Act of Sacrilege. Yes, it was. But what many Catholics do not realize, is that the same type of sacrilege occurs when any Catholic priest or theologian argues … Continue reading →

Evil is a deprivation of good; moral evil is a deprivation of a good required by the love of God, and the love of neighbor as self. An intrinsically evil act is an act with evil in its object. Natural … Continue reading →

Three Fonts Morality concerns human acts. Each exercise of will and intellect, that is, each knowing deliberate choice, is an act, and is subject to a judgment of conscience and the final judgment of God. The acts of human persons … Continue reading →

Moral theology uses the term ‘scandal’ with a specialized meaning. [Mark] {9:41} “And whoever will have scandalized one of these little ones who believe in me: it would be better for him if a great millstone were placed around his … Continue reading →

* Can gay couple, cohabitating or married, be in the state of grace? Yes. Some objective mortal sins are not also actual mortal sins, due to a lack of full knowledge of the grave immorality of the act. God judges … Continue reading →

The marriage debt is the mutual obligation that the spouses have, within a valid marriage (natural or supernatural) to have marital relations. The term is based on an Epistle of St. Paul in the New Testament: [1 Corinthians 7] {7:1} … Continue reading →

Introduction One of the most fundamental teachings in Catholic Ethics is that some human acts are immoral by the very nature of the act. An act is a knowing choice; it is an exercise of free will and intellect. Each … Continue reading →

What happens if an act is a sin, but the sin is committed under duress? First of all, the act remains objectively sinful. An act is a sin based on the three fonts of morality, as they arise from and … Continue reading →

Let’s consider a moral dilemma that does not include an intrinsically evil act. A woman is pregnant and has been diagnosed with cancer. If she receives treatment for the cancer now, her life will likely be saved, but the treatment … Continue reading →