A Man’s Place in the Home: A Biblical Perspective
Being a good husband and father is no “after-hours” labor, and a man’s work beyond the home must be well integrated with his serious obligations in the home. June 14, 2025 John A. Cuddeback (Image: Tim Cooper / Unsplash.com) Living in Exile “Reflect on what has been assigned to you.” Sirach 3:22 Today, fewer than half of adult […]
Polygamy in the Bible
The first account of a couple in the Bible seems to establish monogamy as the ideal. In Genesis, God creates Eve out of Adam’s rib and gives her to him as a wife. God then commands: “Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” […]
The Indissolubility of Christian Marriage
Victor R. Claveau, MJ The Church recognizes three states of life: marriage, single blessedness, and single blessedness in the consecrated life. Marriage is, for evident reasons, by far the best thing for the vast majority of people. It is a state of sanctification; a state in which many have become saints. It is the most […]
Why Not Gay Marriage? An Exchange
CATHOLIC WORLD REPORT How should Catholics argue the case against legal recognition of same-sex “marriage?” Several months ago, the editor of CWR engaged in an email exchange with a Jesuit friend, debating the persuasiveness of various arguments. The exchange found its way to other readers, who found it useful and suggested that it should be made available to […]
Why Does the Bride Wear a Veil?
Rabbi Aron Moss Question: We are getting really excited about the wedding – only a few weeks to go! I just wanted to ask about one custom. What is the meaning behind the bride wearing a veil? I want to do things right, but I’m not particularly turned on by the veil thing. It seems […]
What’s Wrong With Television?
Rabbi Aron Moss Question: Rabbi, I overhead you telling someone that you do not own a television set. I have to say I was quite surprised. Aren’t you a bit cut off from reality? How do you know what’s going on in the world without a TV in the house? Answer: In fact, if anything […]
What About the Condom?
DR. STEPHEN GENUIS Despite research indicating that encouraging condom use has failed entirely to meet its objectives the condom continues to be promoted as the method of choice for preventing STDs. Many continue to not only support the condom as the major warrior against STDs, but vociferously deny and oppose education which includes the serious […]
Wealth Creation or Procreation?
Rabbi Aron Moss Question: I am soon to turn 36 and haven’t had children yet. I want to be a mother, but should I put my career aspirations aside for changing nappies and sterilizing bottles? I can’t help feeling that I will have wasted some of my potential. Did I go through 8 years of […]
VADEMECUM FOR CONFESSORS CONCERNING SOME ASPECTS OF THE MORALITY OF CONJUGAL LIFE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY
PRESENTATION Through His Church, Christ continues the mission He received from the Father. He sent the Twelve to proclaim the Kingdom and to call people to repentance and conversion, to metanoia (cf. Mark 6:12). The Risen Christ transmitted His own power of reconciliation to them: “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive, are forgiven them” (John 20: 22-23). Through the outpouring […]
The Problem with the Pill
MARY BETH BONACCI Most of us assume that contraception works the way it says it works — by preventing conception. If a woman is on the Pill, she doesn’t ovulate and therefore there is no egg to be fertilized when she engages in sexual intercourse. But do pharmaceutical contraceptives work that way? Apparently not, according […]