Posts Tagged ‘Intrinsically evil’

Cardinal Burke warns about watered-down marriage talk

Friday, September 18th, 2015

American Cardinal Raymond Burke has warned about watering down the language around unions outside marriage. Addressing students at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio earlier this month, Cardinal Burke discussed attacks on family life and the Church’s response. He said students must be wary of abandoning natural law and watering down faith and tradition Read more

Jesuit theologian faults ‘intrinsically evil’ tag

Friday, July 31st, 2015

A Jesuit moral theologian has taken issue with the labeling of some human acts as “intrinsically evil”. In a presentation at the so-called “shadow council” at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University in May, Fr Alain Thomasset, SJ, described such labelling is one of the main problems in the pastoral care of families. Understanding some acts as intrinsically evil, Read more