Chastity
Free CUF Resource Now Available
Friday, March 16th, 2012How are parents to understand their unique role in the important process of chastity formation? And how can they ensure that educators carry out their own unique role in the right and best of ways? This 22-page booklet, new from Catholics United for the Faith, helps parents recognize their duty to convey the truth about human sexuality to their [...]
Commentary on the Condom Uproar
Friday, March 20th, 2009It’s been a busy week here at the CUF office, so more on Pope Benedict’s trip to Africa on Monday . . . which, unfortunately, has been rather overshadowed here in the West by his comment (in an interview on the plane trip to Cameroon) that the distribution of condoms won’t stop the spread of [...]
Separating the Men from the Boys
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church” (Eph. 5:25). The problem is, most of us can’t just flip a switch and love our wives “as Christ loved the Church,” even if–especially if–we understand the depth of St. Paul’s words. Nonetheless, we realize that the Apostle to the Gentiles is trying to give [...]
Humanae Vitae: What to Do for the Next 40 Years
Friday, July 25th, 2008This is the last planned installment of a year-long series of monthly blog posts in preparation for the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, which was issued on July 25, 1968. In this series I have responded to the common objections or arguments against Humanae Vitae. They all amount to one thing: The dissenters do not like the [...]
Purpose-Driven Chastity
Friday, January 11th, 2008I just came across an interesting article by Jennifer Roback Morse in the National Catholic Register entitled “Comprehensive Abstinence Education,” in which she shares her positive experience of a conference organized by “Singles for Christ.” Apparently the goal here was not “mere abstinence,” but preparing young people for marriage and teaching them how to choose [...]
A Tale of Two Worldviews
Monday, October 22nd, 2007One of the most disturbing news items of the past week was the decision of a middle school in Maine to make birth control pills available to its students, which mostly are 11-13 years old. While students need permission to use the school’s health center, the treatment received there is confidential. Therefore, students and health [...]
St. Maria Goretti, Chastity, and Modern Living
Friday, July 6th, 2007Today the Church celebrates the feast of St. Maria Goretti, a young girl who was stabbed to death, preferring to die rather than be raped. I thought I would offer five comments on today’s saint.