In his address to the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Wesminster made some important more general points, which are of particular relevance to gay men and lesbians. First of these, which he correctly…
Tag Archive for Sexual Ethics
Celibacy and Gay Catholics, Ex- gay Ministry - and a Genuine, Viable “Third Way”
Popes, Cardinal Kasper agree: Celibacy is difficult. In my previous post, I described how Pope John Paul II wrote that celibacy, although a great spiritual gift, is difficult, and should not be undertaken unless it comes with the special grace…
The Sexual Revolution Reaches the Catholic Church
When Pope Francis released his papal document “Evangellii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel)” in November 2013, it was enthusiastically received for its sound, humane and profoundly Christian take on so many issues facing the modern world. One notable feature…
“The Meaning of Sex” (Letters to the Catholic Right)
“On the Meaning of Sex” is the somewhat ambitious title of a book by J Budziszewski. However, it’s not the book itself that has attracted my attention, but the response to it by “Frank”, at Letters to the Catholic Right, a…
“What’s Morally Wrong With Homosexuality?” (VIDEO - John Corvino)
Dr. John Corvino is Chair of the Philosophy Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, specialising in ethics and the philosophy of religionMichigan. He is the co-author (with Maggie Gallagher) of Debating Same-Sex Marriage and the author of What’s Wrong with Homosexuality? …
“What British Catholics Believe About Sex” (It’s Not the Catechism!)
At Bilgrimage, Bill Lindsay has a discussion about Linda Woodhead’s article for Religion Dispatches, on her professional survey on “What British Catholics believe”. His title accurately reflects the core finding in this survey - that magisterial teaching is a “big…
British Catholics Are Tolerant of Same - Sex Sexual Relations
New British research corroborates regular American findings that Catholics in general are tolerant of homoerotic sexual relationships, and that in the population at large, the rate of disapproval is now low, and dropping rapidly. The British Social Attitudes Survey released…
Sexual Integrity in Catholic Teaching
Before describing quite how groups like Quest help lesbian and gay Catholics to live lives of sexual integrity, when need to consider the entire concept in Catholic teaching, an important element applicable to people of any orientation. This is spelled…
Has the Catholic Church Already Embraced the Sexual Revolution?
Last month, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury told a synod of the Church of England which he leads, that it is time for the church to embrace the sexual revolution - and specifically, to accept that social attitudes to same…
Catholic Debate Over Homosexuality - “Unavoidably an Open One”
The institutional Catholic Church often boasts proudly of its “constant and unchanging tradition” in its teaching, insisting not only that it does not change, but that, being God’s revealed truth, it simply cannot change. This is errant nonsense - any…
