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Home: Current Issues: Sexuality: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Sexuality: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Celibacy - Raymond ArroyoWhen he met with the U.S. cardinals to formulate some response to the sexual scandals besieging the Church, the Pope took the issue of clerical celibacy off the table. Read more... Celibacy for the Kingdom & the Fulfillment of Human Sexuality - Christopher WestJohn Paul II demonstrates that, far from devaluing sexuality and marriage, true Christian celibacy actually points to their ultimate fulfillment. In fact, we simply can't understand the Christian meaning of sex and marriage unless we understand the Christian meaning of celibacy. Read more... Character-based sex education - Thomas LickonaHuman beings, given the right support, tend to rise to meet high expectations. Chastity is difficult, but so is most of what is truly worthwhile in life. It is time for all of us, schools and parents, to raise the bar. Read more... Chastity Before Marriage: a Fresh Perspective - MARK LOWERYThe experience of chastity as a negative phenomenon must be replaced with an experience of chastity as an entirely positive phenomenon. Read more... Chastity Begins at Home Parental Rights and Chastity Education - Lay WitnessIssue: What are the rights and duties of parents when it comes to chastity education? How can they effectively resolve their concerns regarding chastity education programs at a parish or school in a constructive manner? Read more... Chastity is Becoming Fashionable - ZENITA large number of teen entertainment and sports stars have taken a surprising stance: they plan to remain virgins until marriage. Read more... Children Need Morality - Lisa Marie ContiniIn his 1929 encyclical Christian Education of Youth, Pope Pius XI taught that, “particularly in young people, evil practices are the effect not so much of ignorance of intellect as of weakness of a will exposed to dangerous occasions . . .” (ibid., no. 66). His Holiness is reminding us of the dangers of providing children with information on human sexuality at a time when they do not have the maturity to use this information properly. Read more... Church Teaching on Contraception (Part 1) - Fr. William SaundersThe topic of contraception is so controversial. It seems to always come up at work and many bash the Church for its teaching, including Catholics. I do not seem to know how to defend the Church as well as I should. Could you give an explanation? (note: This is the first in a six-part series on contraception.) Read more... Church Teaching on Contraception (Part 2) - Fr. William SaundersGiven our understanding of marriage and marital love, we can readily see that the most beautiful expression of love in marriage is marital love, or physical love, or sexual intercourse, or conjugal love — whatever term one prefers. Read more... Civil Unions: Compromise or Surrender? - Midge DecterThe term "civil marriage" or "civil union" has become a euphemism for both the legal and social legitimation of homosexuality. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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