Search Results: Catechism of the Catholic Church

Human Dignity and the Conjugal Meaning of the Body

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / November 11, 2020 /
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…form of the Bible and the oral form of Sacred Tradition, the authoritative teachings of the Church through history (See the Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 96-100). Whenever the

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Does Abortion Really Incur Excommunication?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Sarah Reusch, MA / October 7, 2022 /
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the Catholic and bring him back to the Sacraments of the Church, and to cause other Catholics to avoid his pernicious influence. In fact, the Church does not want the

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Moral Relativism: The Danger of the “Seamless Garment” Mentality

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 23, 2017 /
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Catechism of the Catholic Church, ¶1756 Intrinsically evil acts are those that fundamentally conflict with the moral law – in other words, their moral object is evil. They can never…

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Pornography Addiction and Its Consequences

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / December 19, 2022 /
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…to say, we are a species that fundamentally needs to live in community. Or as the Catechism of the Catholic Church puts it, “The human person needs to live in…

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What Is the Christian Consensus on Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / July 22, 2020 /
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…Episcopal Church has lost 44% of its membership, the United Church of Christ 50%, the United Methodist Church 30%, and the Presbyterian Church USA 11%.8 Pro-abortion groups endlessly insist that…

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The Ethics of Artificial Reproductive Technologies

By Brian Clowes, PhD / July 7, 2020 /
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…standards.   The Catholic Church on Reproductive Technology The Catechism of the Catholic Church [¶2376-2377] describes the major moral problems of most of the assisted reproductive technologies in use today,…

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Can Catholics Apply the Principle of Probabilism to Abortion Decisions?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / September 7, 2018 /
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…can do absolutely anything we want. Church Teaching The Catholic Church has always prohibited the use of probabilism when she has definitively pronounced on a moral issue. The Church states,…

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

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / July 27, 2018 /

…[4] Cf. Una encíclica profética p. 4, no. 17. [5] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, August 15, 1997, nos. 85-87. [6] Cf. Una encíclica profética, p. 5, no. 22….

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The Five Goods of the Conjugal Act

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / June 24, 2022 /

…of Christ having more than one Church for His bride or to abandon the Catholic Church because of Her infidelity, which has taken place throughout the Church’s history. Christ has…

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Graphic “Pride” Parades Attacking the Innocence of Children

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 3, 2023 /
Graphic Pride Parades Attacking the Innocence of Children

…stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexual individuals, “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.” At the same time, however, the Church has had the foresight…

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