Morality and Human Life - St.Thomas Aquinas
On Conscience - St.Thomas Aquinas
What Makes Actions Good or Bad? - St.Thomas Aquinas
The Ten Commandments
The Numbering of the Ten Commandments
"We don't need all the ethical rules of organized religion. All we need is the Golden Rule."
"I keep hearing about 'social sin' and 'structural sin.' Whatever happened to personal sin?"
"I know that when a person commits mortal sin he loses the reward he would have gotten for his good deeds. When he repents and goes to confession, does this mean he will have to start from zero in gaining new rewards?"
"What is the fundamental option theory? Has it been condemned by the Pope?"
"Doesn't James 2:10 say that all sins are equally offensive to God?"
Mortal Sin
No "Assurance of Salvation"
Salvation of Non-Catholics
Merit and Reward
Conscience
Church &State
Minimum Wage or Living Wage?
The virtues
Culture of Vice by ROBERT R. REILLY Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Chastity by DONALD DEMARCO Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Justice, Wisdom, Courage, and Moderation: The Four Cardinal Virtues by PETER KREEFT Catholic Educator's Resource Center
"A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue" book review by SARAH E. HINLICKY Catholic Educator's Resource Center
"Why does the pope kiss the ground after he disembarks from an airplane? This seems superstitious."
"Does the Catholic Church permit the use of divining rods?"
"Some people argue against the Catholic use of holy images by citing Deuteronomy 4:15, which says God did not show himself under any form. What would be a response?"
Do Catholics Worship Statues?
Is Catholicism Pagan?
"In this day and age, what's the right way to observe the third commandment, 'Keep holy the sabbath day'?"
"How could Jesus alter one of the Ten Commandments, as he did with the sabbath law?"
"If Sunday is the Christian sabbath, should we celebrate it from sundown on Saturday to sundown on Sunday? Is this why Saturday anticipatory Masses fulfill our Sunday obligation?"
Adoption & family resources, Interlife
Abortion Several articles from Jerry Darring's "The Theological Library"
"Did Aquinas say a baby has no soul until forty or eighty days after conception, so abortion is okay before those times?" (May 1993)
Twenty Questions about Abortion
Abortion
Silent abortions-pill
The Fathers of the Church on abortion
Confession of an Ex-Abortionist
Model Testimony on the Abortion/Breast Cancer Connection PetersNet
Were Killing Our Children Immaculata
When Does Life Begin? Immaculata
Abortion Does Not Liberate Women, Feminists For Life
Capital Punishment
Declaration on Euthanasia Jura et bona, Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (5. may 1980)
Euthanasia Several articles from Jerry Darring's "The Theological Library"
Euthanasia - CERC
Brain Death Paul A. Byrne, MD PetersNet
Euthanasia corner-Information & resources, Interlife
Physician-Assisted Suicide
AMERICAN BISHOP BARS FAITHFUL FROM WAR EFFORT"I must declare to you, my people, for the sake of your salvation and mine, that ANY DIRECT PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT OF THIS WAR AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ IS OBJECTIVELY GRAVE EVIL, A MATTER OF MORTAL SIN." Christus Rex
The Church's 'Just War' Theory (Part 1)Catholic Herald Fr. William Saunders
The Church's Just War Theory (Part 2) Catholic Herald Fr. William Saunders
Medical Ethics Several articles from Jerry Darring's "The Theological Library"
Catholic Resources for Medical Ethics
BIRTH AND DEATH ISSUES Several articles from Jerry Darring's "The Theological Library"
Medical Ethics - CERC
Bioethics for Beginners
Links on Bioethics AlaPadre
Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
Medical Ethics Catholic Educators Resource
Declaration of the Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Christianity.com
Why Human Cloning Is Immoral Catholic Herald
Declaration of the Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Christianity.com
Reflections On Human Cloning Pontifical Academy For Life Christianity.com
Saint Benedict Center Pro-Life Page
"I was told by a priest that sexual intercourse between unmarried persons is acceptable so long as it reflects a relationship of love. Lots of people seem to believe this, but is it true?"
"In my church I was taught that dancing is sinful. What I have seen of dancing confirms this is right. How can the Catholic Church condone dancing?"
"Some say that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was inhospitality, not homosexuality. What is the official Catholic teaching on the nature of the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?"
"Why is Natural Family Planning accepted by the Church while contraception is condemned? They both do the same thing--prevent pregnancy."
"A priest told my girlfriend that it is okay to touch one another intimately before we are married. Is this correct?"
"Are homosexuals born with this disorder? And if they are, why would God place such a heavy cross on any human being he created?"
Homosexuality and Chastity
Homosexuality
Real Love for Homosexuals by David C. Morrison
Out of the Closet and Into Chastity by David C. Morrison
Marriage & Family Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Dan Quayle Was Right -" the dissolution of intact two-parent families is harmful to large numbers of children" - by BARBARA DAFOE WHITEHEAD Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Marriage: the Mystery of Faithful Love by ALICE VON HILDEBRAND Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Billings Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning
Pregnancy Resources
Divorce Support Divorce Support
Divorce Information Divorce Support
Marriage Preparation
Chastity Call
Divorce (in Moral Theology) New Advent
Artificial Fertilization and the Christian Response By Dr. Chris Kahlenborn Christianity.com
The Popes New Feminism by MARY ANN GLENDON Catholic Educator's Resource Center
"A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue" book review by SARAH E. HINLICKY Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Feminism and the Family an Indissoluble Marriage by MARY ANN GLENDON Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Letter to a Young Girl by ALICE VON HILDEBRAND Catholic Educator's Resource Center
From Woman to Feminism by Father JOSEPH M. DE TORRE Catholic Educator's Resource Center
The Authority of Women by MONICA MIGLIORINO MILLER Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Click, Clack - Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman- by SARAH E. HINLICKY Catholic Educator's Resource Center
The Sex Trap: Why Women Should Never Say Yes Before Marriage by DANIELLE CRITTENDEN Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Edith Stein Convert, Nun, Martyr by LAURA GARCIA Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Broken Relationships: Why Women Reject God by CHARLES COLSON Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Myths and facts about feminism from a right-to-life perspective, LifeLinks
FFL Feminists For Life
Feminist History - Feminist Philosophy
The American Feminist articles
Suggested Reading List FFL
Hot Topics FFL
Sexuality and Catholic Teaching
Homosexuality in the context of Christian anthropology by Dionigi Teltamanzi, Archbishop of Genoa Italy
Too many people? Not by a long shot - "world population growth is slowing dramatically" by STEVE W. MOSHER Catholic Educator's Resource Center
The bomb that fizzled - "By having relatively few children, people today are eroding the population base" - by BEN WATTENBERG Catholic Educator's Resource Center
The bomb that fizzled - "By having relatively few children, people today are eroding the population base" - by BEN WATTENBERG Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Population Control Bibliography- A bibliography of resources on population, human rights abuses, and the history of population control Catholic Educator's Resource Center
The Myth of World Food Shortages - "Rather than fearing that we are at the tail end of a period of rapidly increasing agricultural productivity, it is far more likely that we are in early phases of a major technological revolution" - by RON BRUNTON Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Shakespeare On Babies: The Bard makes a case against childlessness by DAVID MORRISON Catholic Educator's Resource Center
UNFPA mis-states world population by SCOTT WEINBERG Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Evironment
Environment Several articles from Jerry Darring's "The Theological Library"
Cruelty to Animals