What is the meaning of sex? | Love Digest

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Julian Paparella

In many ways, we could say that our society is “obsessed” with sex. But what is the true role and purpose of sex in our lives?

Lay participants in the 2015 Synod respond to Amoris Laetitia

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Sebastian Gomes

Pedro J. de Rezende and Ketty A. Rezende of the University of Campinas, Brazil were lay auditors at the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family. In that capacity they had the opportunity to address the Synod and participate in the small language groups which laid the foundation for the Final Relatio that was approved and given […]

Behind Vatican Walls – Amoris Laetitia…What is it?

Friday, April 8, 2016

Alicia Ambrosio

Pope Francis’ long awaited post-synodal exhortation on the family was made public today. As he has made clear over the past two years, there was no doctrinal change announced in this document. The document covers a wide range of topics, from the thorny to the common sense. As is his way, Pope Francis includes some frank […]

Deacon-structing: Natural Law Part 3

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Deacon Pedro

So far in part 1 and part 2, we looked at how natural law is usually defined and how some of these definitions cause confusion. I also offered a definition that has always worked well for me. It helps to repeat it: Natural law is the law that says that all things work best or […]

July 30, 2011

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Salt + Light Media

[singlepic id=99 w=150 h=152 float=right] This week’s SLRadio: The Summer Edition brings us a re-broadcast of two conversations on Chastity: Author Carmen Marcoux comments on the Canadian Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Chastity and Archbishop Michael Miller of Vancouver explains why such a letter is necessary. We also listen to interviews with and music from Carey […]

Is Chastity possible today?

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Salt + Light Media

On Tuesday we told you about the new pastoral letter from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Living Chastity Today. The letter can be downloaded from cccb.ca, or you can view it in video form, presented by seven young people. The video will also be available as a DVD that can be used in the […]

Thinking About Chastity

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Deacon Pedro

Just the other night I was with friends and ended up having a conversation about… guess what? Chastity! Well, love, marriage, sex and relationships. One of my friends explained that he didn’t want to get married because for it to end up in divorce would be a failure. Even though he did not see marriage […]

What is Marriage Part 2: The Nature of Things

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Deacon Pedro

Before I begin to untangle myself out of this noodle soup I’ve cooked, can I draw your attention to a comment (see comments at the bottom of the blog post) that came from Jason Gennaro — Jason makes an excellent comment that every definition about Marriage has to include God in it. So true. In […]

What is Marriage?

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Deacon Pedro

A couple of weeks ago I posted an entry titled: What If I Was Miss California – and I wondered how I would answer if I was asked the same question she was asked, on national television. The question is: Do you believe every State (in the U.S.) should legalise same-sex marriage? My response would […]