Category Archives: theology of the body

This post is the third and perhaps last ‘Reply to Objections’ based on my article: Unnatural sexual acts as marital foreplay. The article became controversial last week when an atheist scientist blogged about my post, and his link sent thousands … Continue reading →

This post discusses more objections to the teaching on marital sexual ethics found in this article: Unnatural sexual acts as marital foreplay A. Objection: Some priests and theologians have approved of the use of unnatural sexual acts as marital foreplay. … Continue reading →

See my book: Roman Catholic Marital Sexual Ethics for more on this topic and on other topics in sexual ethics. Question — Are unnatural sexual acts moral to use as foreplay, prior to an act of natural marital relations open … Continue reading →

Some medical problems (e.g. painful periods) are said to be treatable by using the birth control pill (BCP) to regulate the woman’s hormones and periods. Perhaps this approach is overused in sinful secular society because contraception is so heavily promoted, … Continue reading →

Civil unions have been proposed as a way to give gays access to similar rights as married persons, but without same-sex marriage. The Magisterium rightly opposes this approach, since it proposes to legalize what is gravely immoral, and to establish … Continue reading →

A Quick Review of Cooperation Another person commits a sin. You are considering committing a different but related act. Under what conditions will your act be a sin due to its relationship to the act of the other person? This … Continue reading →