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August 2019

August 06, 2019

To Wank or Not To Wank

Bob considers himself to be a compulsive masturbator. His daily routine once he gets out...

March 2018

March 25, 2018

Is Contraception the New Usury?

If you happen to be neck-deep in the controversy over whether artificial birth control is...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Discernment In Black & White

Previously in My Introduction To Geh Sex and Is One Of These Virtues Not Like...

February 13, 2018

Is One Of These Virtues Not Like The Others?

Previously in My Introduction To Geh Sex I talked about my experiences with sex education...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

Baby It’s Cold in Phase 2: On Chastity Culture and Consent

It’s that time of year again – the annual season of arguing about whether “Baby...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Traditional Marriage: A Cure For Rape Culture?

There’s been a lot of talk over the last week or so about the ethics...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

Why Chastity?

I think the teaching of the Church is basically sound even though it's more or...

June 20, 2017

Some Straight Talk on Catholic Homophobia

Straight people and their sexual sins are not treated the same way as gay people...

March 2017

March 21, 2017

Is NFP Marriage Building?

One of the great mysteries of NFP literature is the claim that natural family planning...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Crucifixion of Desire

Is the only true way to deal with a homosexual inclination to “crucify” it? This...

August 2016

August 10, 2016

Frequently Unanswered Questions About NFP

Eve Tushnet has been twisting my arm a bit to try to get me to...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Legitimate Therapeutic Means: Can Catholics Use the Pill?

It's NFP awareness week. So let's talk about the Pill. Specifically, I want to talk...

July 24, 2016

Is ‘Turn or Burn’ the Only Option?

A lot of the responses that I get in my combox seem to assume that...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

John Paul II, Intimate Friendship, and the Fluidity of Philia and Eros

The BBC has an interesting story today on an “intense” friendship between John Paul II...

February 14, 2016

Married to St. Raphael: Why so many good Catholic girls stay single

Every Catholic guy I know is either dating, married, or a seminarian... I don’t even...

February 05, 2016

For the Love of Lust

Someone accused me recently of being obsessed with sex. It's not a new accusation: I...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

Child Sex Abuse in the Church of Rock and Roll?

Artur Rosman of Cosmos The In Lost published a post the other day calling the...

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