Internet Pornography
Pornography hurts adults, children, couples, families, and society. Among adolescents, pornography hinders the development of a healthy sexuality, and among adults, it distorts sexual attitudes and social realities. In families, pornography use leads to marital dissatisfaction, infidelity, separation, and divorce. Here are some of the most credible statistics available today on internet pornography.[1] General Pornography […]
Pornography
While pornography is not a new problem, the development of the mass media and recent technological advances have made it much easier to access this deceptive evil. Pornography violates modesty, chastity and truth. Human sexuality involves modesty which protects the privacy of individuals regarding what is most personal and intimate. To invade this privacy, […]
Homosexual Unions are “Immoral”
Victor R. Claveau, MJ The Holy See’s document published on July 31, 2003 says that all laws that seek the legal recognition of homosexual unions are a “gravely immoral” act and cannot be voted by Catholic politicians. “Faced with the legal recognition of homosexual unions, or the legal equating of these to matrimony with access […]
Artificial Contraception
Victor R. Claveau, MJ Prior to the Lambeth Conference held in England in 1930, every Christian body condemned the practice of artificial birth control. Today, on this issue, the Catholic Church once again stands alone. God alone is the author of life. The most dramatic example is the holocaust of abortion. God commands that we […]
Original Sin
Victor R. Claveau, MJ “No man is clean of defilement, even if his life should last but one day.”[1] These are the words of Saint Clement, the second successor to Saint Peter. Job was a just and blameless man, yet he condemned himself, “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is […]
Mortal and Venial Sins
See CCC §1855-9 Sins are rightly evaluated according to their gravity. The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in the Scripture; became part of the apostolic tradition of the Church. It is corroborated by human experience. Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of the sinner. It requires a new initiative of God’s […]
Is Protestantism a Sin?
Victor R. Claveau, MJ Protestantism is a sin. In the doctrinal order it is heresy, and consequently a mortal sin against faith. In the practical order, it is a sin against the commandments of God and of the Church, for it virtually transgresses all the commandments. To be more precise: in the doctrinal order Protestantism […]
Original Sin
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.Psalm 51:5 Many people today deny the reality of original sin. Modern thinkers claim that evolution disproves it. Some object to the idea of inheriting sin from our parents, while others simply deny sin itself. Some Christians claim that the Bible […]
Struggling With Sin
Regis Martin June 29th, 2025 Augustine, of course, was not the first to chart the cycle of lust, as anyone for whom the body/soul connection remains a work in progress well knows. I must now carry my thoughts back to the abominable things I did in those days,” writes Augustine at the very beginning of Book […]
Sin in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
I. MERCY AND SIN 1846 The Gospel is the revelation in Jesus Christ of God’s mercy to sinners.[113] The angel announced to Joseph: “You shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”[114] The same is true of the Eucharist, the sacrament of redemption: “This is my blood of the […]