Faith Alone

Q. I am a Catholic. I teach CCD/PSR to 4th graders. I teach them what the bible
says and that is that if you believe in Jesus Christ, you will live with him in
his kingdom for eternity. There are dozens of scripture passages to back up this
thought.
A. That is too minimal for several reasons. God may, [...]

Is having multiple wives adultery?

Q. Is it adultery for a man to have more that one wife?
A. I would have to say if someone has multiple wives as we find with the patriarchs in the Old Testament, it would not be adultery as long as they were married. This was permitted by God in the Old Covenant as a [...]

Catholic Opposition to Contraception Not Sensible

Q. I also would like to raise the question of a person continually reproducing offspring that they cannot afford to clothe and feed. Do you think that God would approve of us conceiving a child that we cannot feed, clothe, or nurture?
A.  Regulation of family size is completely under the control of the parents. It [...]

NFP (Natural Family Planning) Contradicts Scripture

Bread From Heaven: “Because the pleasure of the marital embrace was created by God for babies & bonding.”
Q. If the “marital embrace” is only for babies and bonding and and “Anytime the pleasure of the sexual act is obtained while actively, purposely or incidentally excluding either of these goods, it is a grave sin.” Is [...]

What Scriptural Evidence Against Contrception?

Q. I would be interested to see biblical proof that God is against contraception. I know that Genesis 38:8-10 talks of Onan spilling his seed, but God was mad at Onan for not obeying him, I don’t believe it was necessarily the act he committed. If you read the verse prior in 6 & 7 [...]

Wounded as a Child…Healed as an Adult

John was somewhere between 50 and 60 when I met him. It was hard to tell, because he was a recovering alcoholic, and the boozing had ravaged his body. He had come back to Catholicism after many years .
John grew up a working-class Irish kid in one of NYC’s boroughs.
John was ruined, morally, spiritually and [...]

Married Priesthood and Sex Scandals

Q. If priests could marry, wouldn’t that solve these sex scandals?
A. No. Most pedophiles are married men. So, marriage does not cure pedophilia. This is a sexual disorder that is not easily eradicated. A few years ago many prominent married Protestant pastors were involved is sex scandals. No one called for abolishing the institution [...]

Priest Scandal

Q. The priest scandal is not about homosexuality. You can’t redirect responsibility away from the church and instead target gays. Isn’t this about abusing children placed with trust in the care of the Catholic Church?
A. Yes, of course. However, I was not redirecting blame away from the guilty priests and bishops. I was clarifying the [...]

Priest Scandal & Dangers of Confession

Q. After the recent church scandals, the priests should stay away from our children. Multi-generational epidemics of sanctioned and church protected pedophilia proves religion and children should not mix. The church should stay out of our bedrooms and work on correcting their own dysfunctional sexual urges. How can anyone allow children to go to confession [...]

Why is the Church against Contraception?

Q. Why doesn’t the Catholic Church allow contraception?
A. Because the pleasure of the marital embrace was created by God for babies & bonding. It is a package deal. Anytime the pleasure of the sexual act is obtained while actively or purposely  excluding either of these goods, it is a grave sin. The following acts are [...]