The Theology of the Body Debate: The Pivotal Question

When the public conversation about my work unfolded following my appearance on Nightline last May, I did not think it was wise for me to respond until I had submitted the matter to my local bishops.  Now that Cardinal Justin… Read More

Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part II

In honor of Mary, I’ve chosen to focus my columns this month on what I consider an intriguing connection between the messages of Fatima and John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB). In the previous column, I explained how… Read More

Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part I

May is a month that Catholics traditionally devote to honoring the Blessed Mother. One of my favorite Marian memorials falls in the middle of the month, May 13, when we honor Mary under her title “Our Lady of Fatima.” I’m… Read More

What is Marriage?: Part III

In the first installment of this three-part series, we looked at the union of man and woman as the foundation stone of life and civilization itself. In the second, we drew from 2000 years of Catholic teaching to formulate a… Read More

What Is Marriage? Part II

We ended Part I of this series by asking: Can a man marry a man? Can a woman marry a woman? Can a man simultaneously marry several women, or a woman several men? Can a man simultaneously marry several men,… Read More

What Is Marriage? Part I

It is clear, based on our culture’s rampant rates of sexual promiscuity, divorce, cohabitation, out of wed-lock births, and the ease with which the homosexual agenda is taking hold that our nation is in desperate need of re-education in the… Read More

Humanae Vitae and True Sexual Freedom — Part 6 of 6

This column concludes my series of reflections on Pope Paul VI’s document Humanae Vitae, which we have been reviewing in light of its fortieth anniversary [Part one, Part two, Part three, Part four, Part five]. In the last installment we… Read More

Contraception v. Natural Family Planning — Part 5 of 6

For several columns now we’ve been reflecting on the Church’s teaching on contraception in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s letter Humanae Vitae [Part one, Part two, Part three, Part four]. We’ve observed that sexual intercourse is… Read More

Sex Speaks: True and False Prophets — Part 4 of 6

July 25th marks the fortieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI’s famous re-affirmation of the Church’s constant teaching on contraception. In commemoration, we continue our reflections on this critical issue [Part one, Part two, Part three].
I ended my… Read More

Contraception and the Language of the Body — Part 3 of 6

We continue our series [Part one, Part two] commemorating the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. Pope Paul VI released this oh-so-controversial encyclical on July 25, 1968, re-affirming the constant teaching of the Church on the immorality of contraception. To this… Read More

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