Modest Clothing and Catholic Christians

The sexualization of America’s youth, and of women in general, is best witnessed in the various forms of immodest clothing so popular in fashion today. The most glaring example is the plunging neck line on most women’s blouses and dresses. Modest clothing, it seems, is being marginalized in American culture along with Catholic and [...]

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Married Catholic Priest & Celibacy

Every so often in the media we hear about a married Catholic priest or a priest who wants to be a married priest. The issue is, of course, closely linked to the Catholic Church teaching concerning priestly celibacy. Here’s what the Church teaches.
First, it is quite true that Catholic priests in the early Church were [...]

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Pope Benedict, Condoms and ‘Safe Sex’

Sexuality, to the world, is neither sacred nor beautiful – it is simply an animal instinct, like eating or sleeping. As a result, the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict will continue to be ridiculed and attacked for not promoting condoms and so-called “safe sex.”
Sexuality, when practiced within the stability, trust and holiness of a marriage [...]

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Catholic Teaching on Masturbation

Masturbation is no longer taboo in American culture. It’s a common staple of gags in teen movies and is treated in women’s magazines as a thoughtful aspect of women’s sexuality. Yet the Catholic Church still teaches that masturbation is sinful and contrary to God’s plan for human sexuality.
The Church doesn’t teach this to be [...]

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Sex Does Not Define a Person – A Catholic Perspective

The Catholic insistence that sex is the exclusive domain of a married man and women, is not because it’s viewed as dirty or bad by the Church, but because it’s held to be so immeasurably holy and beautiful.
Take your grandma’s fine china. She is rather exclusive with it, taking it out only at Thanksgiving or [...]

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