Spirit & Life Blog
“Any technological intervention that does not accord with the fundamental order of the human person as a unity of body and soul, including the sexual difference inscribed in the body, ultimately does not help but, rather, harms the human person.” Doctrinal Note on the Moral Limits to Technological Manipulation of the Human Body, United States Catholic…
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“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 On August 14, 1941, a guard in Auschwitz entered a small underground bunker. Inside the bunker were four emaciated men. They were the last remaining survivors of a group that had originally included 10 men. Astonishingly,…
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Over the past week, the Democratic Party held its national convention in Chicago. Almost all you need to know about the event is encapsulated in the fact that Planned Parenthood decided that it would be a good idea to celebrate the occasion by offering free abortions and vasectomies nearby. As the New York Post reported: …
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Over and over again in the Gospels, when Christ is asked by His followers what they must do in order to be saved, He gives them a straight-forward response: First of all, love God. And then, love your neighbor. As He so often makes clear, love of one’s neighbor is not some abstract, feel-good emotion.…
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“Guilty? Yes, no matter what the motive, love of ease, or desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh! Thrice guilty is he who, for selfish gratification, heedless of her…
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Every four years, representatives of each of the main U.S. political parties meet to formulate and approve an official party platform. These platforms outline a comprehensive political vision, including specific legislative and executive proposals, that each party commits itself to putting into action. And for decades now, the difference between the platforms of the Republican…
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Where the elderly are not honored, there is no future for the young. … A society where the elderly are discarded carries within it the virus of death. Pope Francis, St. Peter’s Square, March 4, 2015 Four years ago, Pope Francis announced the first-ever “World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.” The decision to celebrate…
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Last week, I wrote about how the widespread availability and use of hardcore pornography is leading to hugely destructive impacts not just on individuals addicted to pornography, but on the whole of society. As it turns out, this most “private” of sexual behaviors is not private in the least. This should not surprise anyone. If…
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For social progressives, the sexual revolution was one of the greatest achievements in the history of the human race. At long last (the sexual revolutionaries proclaim), sexuality could be enjoyed outside of the framework of the old-fashion religious beliefs that had done nothing but induced crippling guilt and robbed generations of the pleasures of sexuality. …
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Let’s Teach Our Children that Sex is a Gift
In a document titled, “The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality,” the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, formerly The Pontifical Council for the Family (and Pontifical Council for the Laity), makes an important point. It explains that, in the past, basic moral principles about sexuality were so deeply ingrained in society that almost every…
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