Does Contraception Foster Love? — Part 2 of 6

We continue a series of reflections on the issue of contraception in light of the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. When Pope Paul VI issued this document on July 25, 1968, it fell like a bomb. Many people wished the… Read More

Contraception and Cultural Chaos — Part 1 of 6

This July 25th marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most controversial papal documents in history: Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae which reaffirmed the traditional Christian teaching on the immorality of contraception. If you have wrestled with this teaching,… Read More

Children of Men: A New Movie Looks at the Consequences of Sterile Sex

Movies, like all forms of art, reveal something of the human soul. They can be a kind of confession. Our sins, our fears, our inner contradictions, our worst nightmares — all the kinds of things that people don't talk about… Read More

Love’s Irresistible Promise of Happiness

I was pushing the “seek” button on my car radio the other day looking for a decent song. Station 1: “Love me, love me, say that you love me….” Station 2: “Baby-eyah-eyah-eyah, my world stands still when I’m with you… Read More

What Makes the Body “Theological”?

Recently, while I was discussing the beautiful teaching of Pope John Paul II’s “theology of the body” on the radio show Catholic Answers Live, someone unfamiliar with this teaching called in and asked me to explain what makes the body… Read More

Marriage, Flipped Out

Some of you might recall that I dealt with the difference between human and animal sexuality in my last column. I had no idea when I wrote that piece that I’d have such a great opportunity for a follow-up.
I’m… Read More

Birds, Bees, and Human Beings

The idea is almost laughable, but for the fact that large swaths of humanity accept it as modern common sense.
Songs like this, backed by the media and even mental health professionals, have fostered the notion that sexual restraint is… Read More

Body Language

First of all, ladies, be assured, not all men do these things. One would have thought by watching Oprah that faithful men were extinct. Not so. But, alas, the pornographic culture has seduced a great many men. Why? All Jay… Read More

A Response to Steven and Cokie Roberts

No Catholic would deny that we need more priests. And it’s true that the practice in the Latin rite of reserving priestly ordination to celibate men could change. The Catholic Churches of the East have valid, married priests.
So, if… Read More

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