Abstain From Evil — Not From Love
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: When a married couple is called upon to make heroic sacrifices in order to practice conjugal chastity, what must they do, and what must they never do?
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Is It Morally Legitimate to Grow Marijuana to Sell to Medical Companies?
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: To determine whether or not you should do so, you have to get clear on all the bad side effects of your contemplated action.
Evil Exists Because We Use Our Free Will to Choose It
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: God gave us free will and knows it can be used to do bad things.
Do You Have an Obligation to Vote in November?
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: “I’m disgusted by the leading political candidates for president. Do I have a moral obligation to vote in November?”
May I Patronize Companies that Support Intrinsic Evil?
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: Living in a sinful world requires all of us to cooperate in evildoing sometimes, and most of us to do it frequently.
Can Contraceptives Be Taken for Therapeutic Purposes?
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: What does Humanae Vitae mean when it talks about the “licitness of therapeutic means?”
Is Indifference to the Poor Mortally Sinful?
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: Is it a mortal sin when I don’t help homeless people I see on the street?
Is It Sinful to Accept Donations from a Masonic Lodge?
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: Catholics are prohibited from becoming Masons, but are stipends from Masonic lodges acceptable?
Coronavirus Conundrum: Open Up or Keep Things Closed?
COMMENTARY: All judgments should be based upon a sober assessment of what is most likely to cause the least unwanted harms while achieving the greatest wanted social benefits. Whatever safety measures are needed to protect people should be enforced.
Are IVF Individuals Fully Human?
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: Do these individuals have immortal souls? Yes, they do. And that truth only reinforces the Church’s moral teaching.
