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Is Contraception Sinful in Ignorance of Church Teaching?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 19, 2017 /
The Last Judgment ~ Dirck Barendsz

…only themselves.”1 Thus, willful ignorance is an offense against the cardinal virtue of justice, which is giving to God and others what is rightly due to them. The use of…

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Should Serodiscordant Couples be Permitted to Use Condoms?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 10, 2017 /

…and sexual relations with a non-infected partner, while respecting reciprocal fidelity.”4 By contrast, condom distribution programs seek to merely reduce the risks of infection. Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, the late,…

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Marriage – An Apostolic Endeavor

By Fr. Basil Cole, OP / July 9, 2018 /
marriage contract

…ordinary natural virtue; it requires the infused virtues (theological and cardinal) together with the sevenfold gift of the Holy Spirit. In other words, it is important to act as becomes…

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True Unity of a Human Person Defies All “Gender” Ideology

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / June 19, 2018 /
Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

…only that: they believed in God, the soul, and the cardinal moral virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance, just to name a few spiritual and moral tenets that are…

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The Teaching of the Prophetic Encyclical Humanae Vitae (Part I)

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / July 27, 2018 /

…is a bulwark for Truth. The soon-to-be Pope Saint Paul VI in 1977, making the future Benedict XVI a Cardinal of the Church. Pope Paul VI saw these problems and…

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What is the Role of Conscience in Moral Decision-Making?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / October 15, 2021 /
decision making; conscience

…particular cases. This is why the cultivation of the cardinal virtue of prudence is essential. As the Catechism teaches, “Man strives to interpret the data of experience and the signs…

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Can Catholics Apply the Principle of Probabilism to Abortion Decisions?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / September 7, 2018 /
ten commandments

…of probabilism … blesses diversity of opinion in morally debated areas…. Ubi dubium, ibi libertas—“where there is doubt there is freedom”—is probabilism’s cardinal principle…. The hallowed Catholic tradition of probabilism…

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Kenya…and the Marie Stopes and Gates Foundation Onslaught

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 26, 2018 /
poor street

…countries targeted for their $4.6 billion contraception push, Cardinal John Njue, then-chairman of the Kenya Episcopal conference, pointed out the obvious. “It is not clear why such a large amount…

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The Humanity of the Unborn Child

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / January 21, 2019 /
baby feet 22 weeks

…the March for Life are religious. Every year, for instance, hundreds of priests, seminarians, bishops and cardinals participate in the Vigil Mass for Life at the National Shrine of the…

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The Symbolic Burning of Notre Dame

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / April 22, 2019 /

…the past 50 years of the “Church’s most spiritual masterpieces,” including its moral teachings and liturgical life. Cardinal Raymond Burke had much the same thoughts. The fire, he said, leads…

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