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April 2019

April 01, 2019

To Cohabitate, or Not to Cohabitate. That is The Question

Celebrity couples live together, regular couples live together, if everyone’s cohabiting, that means there has...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Popcaks to Discuss Paths to Healing with Diocese of Pittsburgh

Lisa and I will serve as the keynote speakers for an event hosted by the...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

The Pope, The APA, and “Born That Way.” What Science Really Says About Homosexuality

As you have most likely read, recent news outlets quote clerical sexual abuse survivor, Juan...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Parenting in the Age of Weinstein

Almost every day, new allegations of sexual harassment are in the headlines. The #metoo campaign...

October 09, 2017

Think Contraception Prevents Abortion? New Study Says, “You’re Wrong.”

You've probably heard the slogan, "You can't be opposed to both abortion and contraception." Or,...

August 2017

August 22, 2017

When Sex Isn’t About Sex: 3 Things You Need to Know

Does God really care about our sex lives?

June 2017

June 20, 2017

Zombie Apocalypse: Spirituality, Sex, and the Lay Vocation

At the upcoming USCCB Convocation of Catholic Leaders in Orlando, my wife and co-author, Lisa Popcak,...

June 19, 2017

Hormonal Contraception Affects Future Children’s Health (UPDATED)

How much longer will people continue to perpetuate the myth that Hormonal Contraceptives are safe...

June 12, 2017

Does My Husband Have a Right to Sex?

Marriage is no place for lust and use.

May 2017

May 08, 2017

The Common Pill That Negatively Effects Women’s Wellbeing

In the secular world, birth control is essentially represented as a worry-free form of contraception....

October 2016

October 27, 2016

When the Gate is Shut–A Faithful Response to Vaginismus

Aleteia posted a deeply heartfelt article about a Catholic woman's struggle with vaginismus, a disorder...

October 04, 2016

Secular Media Finally Admits: “The Pill” Causes Depression & Relationship Problems

Despite a new Pew survey reporting that only 4% of Americans and 13% of weekly...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Over 500 Scholars Hold Press Conference to Promote Positive Value of Humane Vitae

Today, Catholic University of America held a press conference announcing the release of a document...

September 19, 2016

Can Christians Have “Healthy Shame” about the Body? (The Answer Isn’t What You Think).

Lisa Madrid Duffy posted a blog about the new sex ed curriculum published by the...

September 12, 2016

Surprising (Negative) Effects of The Pill on Behavior, Dating, and Marriage

I am working on a project about some of the lesser-known effects of the birth...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

What’s Up With All Those Catholic “Rules” About Marriage?

My latest for OSV Newsweekly... I recently received the following question about the Church’s requirements...

July 20, 2016

Twice As Much Sex Makes Relationships About Half As Good.

Sorry, guys. CARNEGIE MELLON RESEARCHERS FIND MORE SEX DOESN'T LEAD TO INCREASED HAPPINESS By Shilo...

July 07, 2016

New Study Finds, “More Church = Less Porn”

From PsychCentral. A new study finds that attendance of religious services by young people is associated...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

Condom Distribution Shown to Increase Teen Pregnancy Rates

A new study finds that schools with condom distribution programs in the 1990s seem to have actually increased...

June 16, 2016

DR. GREG AND LISA POPCAK AWARDED FR. RICHARD HOGAN AWARD BY COUPLE TO COUPLE LEAGUE

Lisa and I are honored and grateful to have been chosen to be the 2016...

June 08, 2016

“How Do You Teach Your Boys Not To Rape?” Asks Mom

In a Facebook thread on the Brock Turner rape case, a mother posed the provocative...

June 02, 2016

Cosmo and Vice Magazine Say Public Waking Up to Dark Side of The Pill

There have been two major secular articles in the last several months--one in Cosmopolitan and the other...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

Why Isn’t Married Sex “Hot”? And Should It Be?

At PsychCentral, Dr. Linda Hatch has a thought provoking article that gets at the heart...

May 11, 2016

Pornography: A Public Health Crisis

The question is no longer just about the morality of porn. The science shows it...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

Why Porn Is NOT An Addiction (Part Deux) and Why That Matters For Your Healing.

A while back, I shared a study arguing that porn was not an addiction. I...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

Want Better Sex? Talking Together More Effective Than “Female Viagra”, New Study Says

A hormone treatment with oxytocin improves the sexual experience of women suffering from sexual dysfunction....

September 2015

September 03, 2015

Spiritual Infidelity: A Crisis in Catholic Marriage

New study says 83% of Catholic couples are committing 'spiritual infidelity'. Are YOU in a...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

“Female Viagra” Released Despite Dangers. What YOU Need to Know.

Sprout Phamaceuticals is touting the development of a "female Viagara", brand name Addyi (generic,...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Promoting NFP Just Means Catholics Don’t Believe in Being Stupid–Period.

<Sigh> The author of this piece (arguing against universal NFP training in marriage prep) is...

July 21, 2015

New Research Suggests Porn is NOT an Addiction. It is a Compulsion. Here’s Why That Matters.

New research puts another nail in the coffin of the idea that pornography is an...