Catholic Cases | Coveting
...is your neighbor’s. Every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 2514 St. John distinguishes three kinds of covetousness or...
Catholic Cases | Abortion
...offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. “A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae,” “by the very commission...
Catholic Cases | Lying
...Catholic Moral Teaching: CCC 2482 – “A lie consists in speaking a falsehood with the intention of deceiving.” The Lord denounces lying as the work of the devil: “You are...
Catholic Cases | Stealing
...It commands justice and charity in the care of earthly goods and the fruits of men’s labor. For the sake of the common good, it requires respect for the universal...
Catholic Cases | Honoring Parents
...life, keep the commandments.” And he cites for his questioner the precepts that concern love of neighbor: “You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal,...
Catholic Cases | Reproductive Technologies
...domination is in itself contrary to the dignity and equality that must be common to parents and children.” “Under the moral aspect procreation is deprived of its proper perfection when...
Catholic Cases | Drinking
Moral Case: I went out with some friends the other night, and got pretty drunk. Why is getting drunk a sin if Jesus was depicted at weddings or meals where...
Catholic Cases | Internal Purity
Moral Case: I love my girlfriend, but still struggle to avoid “checking out” other girls. Doesn’t that just make me a normal guy? Catholic Moral Teaching: CCC 2531 – Purity...
Catholic Cases | Cheating
...When two partners, of whom at least one is married to another party, have sexual relations – even transient ones – they commit adultery. Christ condemns even adultery of mere...
Catholic Cases | About Ryan Bilodeau
...and national media outlets including USA Today, FOXNews.com, WPRI 12, The NY Times, the Dan Yorke Show, CSPAN, The Boston Globe and The Providence Journal. He continues to write for...