Church Sex Abuse Cases: homosexuality or pedophilia?

Posted on 8 February 2018 by Ron Conte

This article at OnePeterFive.com, In the Church, The Problem is not Pedophilia but Homosexuality, claims that most cases of sexual abuse by priests is a result of homosexuality, not pedophilia. I disagree. The situation is more complex than that. Allow … Continue reading →

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Are Some Persons Above The Law?

Posted on 8 February 2018 by Ron Conte

In secular society, daily we read about persons with money, fame, and power who have committed serious crimes. The victims and witnesses come forward. And yet they are not arrested. Days, weeks, and months pass, and they still walk free. … Continue reading →

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The Three Moral Objects of Marital Relations

Posted on 6 February 2018 by Ron Conte

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 →

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Weekly Q and A (closed)

Posted on 6 February 2018 by Ron Conte

As usual, you may ask questions on a wide range of issues in Catholic theology. I’ll do my best to answer. — Ron Conte

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Basic Principles of Ethics (rejected by some conservative Catholics)

Posted on 4 February 2018 by Ron Conte

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 →

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conservative Catholics incorrectly portray themselves as Orthodox

Posted on 3 February 2018 by Ron Conte

Over at OnePeterFive.com, author Steve Skojec has an article which typifies a certain problem in the Church today: The Escalating War Against Orthodox Catholicism. He says “orthodox Catholicism”, but what he really means is conservative Catholicism. And over the past … Continue reading →

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Three Proposed Dubia on Contraception

Posted on 2 February 2018 by Ron Conte

DUBIA D. 1. Whether the teaching of the Magisterium condemning contraception as intrinsically evil is to be understood as applying only to its use in marital intercourse. D. 2. Whether the teaching of the Magisterium condemning contraception as intrinsically evil … Continue reading →

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St. Malachy, Pope Francis, and the Last Pope

Posted on 2 February 2018 by Ron Conte

The prophetic list of then-future Popes, attributed to Saint Malachy, ends with three Popes: * From the Labor of the Sun * From the Glory of the Olive * and then a paragraph, rather than a phrase: “In the final … Continue reading →

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A Quick Note To Readers

Posted on 31 January 2018 by Ron Conte

There have been lots of comments on my blog lately, which is good. Sorry if it takes me a while to get to read and approve of your comment. Note that I don’t necessarily agree with comments, merely because I … Continue reading →

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My Work as a Roman Catholic Theologian

Posted on 30 January 2018 by Ron Conte

Does Veritatis Gaudium imply that those only among the faithful are theologians who have met all the requirements and received the nihil obstat from the Holy See, as detailed in this new set of rules? No. A theologian is someone … Continue reading →

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Weekly Q and A (closed)

Posted on 29 January 2018 by Ron Conte

Please use this post to ask questions on topic in Catholic theology — faith, morals, salvation, biblical chronology, eschatology, etc. I do intend this post to be used for simple questions and answers, and not for any kind of extended … Continue reading →

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Will Joy of Truth solve the Church’s problem with false teachers?

Posted on 29 January 2018 by Ron Conte

“Those who teach matters touching on faith and morals are to be conscious of their duty to carry out their work in full communion with the authentic Magisterium of the Church, above all, with that of the Roman Pontiff.” “a) … Continue reading →

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