Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 208 : Young Women Giving Themselves Away For Nothing

When young women immodestly display their feminine attributes and participate in pornography, they end up objectifying themselves, trivializing their sexuality, and harming their interpersonal relationships.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJanuary 31, 2023Human Sexuality, Premarital Sex, Sex Education, Pornography, Universal Morality

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 195 : Sexual Atoms and Molecules

Sex touches us at a deeper level than other activities, binding us to another. It speaks a language not of autonomy, but of communion and enduring self-gift.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationSeptember 30, 2021Informed Consent, Human Sexuality, Premarital Sex, Sex Education

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 192 : What Young People Could Most Profit From Hearing About Marriage

The commitments we make and faithfully fulfill are a source of stability and strength.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJune 30, 2021Marriage, Parenting, Premarital Sex

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 175: Christian Girls and Abortion

Mothers and fathers may have never discussed the possibility of an unplanned pregnancy to let their children know ahead of time that, even if they act contrary to their advice and conceive a child, they will still be there for them.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJanuary 30, 2020Abortion, Human Sexuality, Parenting, Premarital Sex, Sex Education, Cooperation in Evil

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 155: Consenting to Sex

When it comes to ‘sex in the moment,’ consent is touted as key...

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationMay 30, 2018Human Sexuality, Premarital Sex, Sex Education

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 152: Sorting through "Solutions" to the HIV-AIDS Pandemic

STDs constitute a serious danger in an age where sexual behaviors are becoming ever more indiscriminate. STD outbreaks and pandemics often have their origins in unchaste behaviors and morally disordered forms of sexuality.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationFebruary 28, 2018Homosexuality and Gay Marriage, Human Sexuality, Premarital Sex, AIDS and HIV

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 150: The "Bitter Pill" of False Liberation

The Church’s ageless but countercultural teaching on contraception respects and uplifts women. It supports them in an authentic feminism that esteems their fruitfulness in marriage not as a defect, but as a real gift.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationDecember 30, 2017Human Sexuality, Sex Education, Birth Control and Contraception, Premarital Sex

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 139: Thinking Through the Temptation of Cohabitation

Sex, of course, has a certain power all its own, and both sides may be tempted to play with it in ways that are potentially damaging, all the more so when they decide to cohabit.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJanuary 30, 2017Human Sexuality, Premarital Sex, Parenting

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 096: Perversions and Purposes in Human Sexuality

The deep-seated sex instinct moves men and women to embrace great sacrifices, such as are required in marriage and procreation, for the fulfillment of this remarkable human drive.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJune 30, 2013Homosexuality and Gay Marriage, Human Sexuality, Masturbation, Marriage, Premarital Sex

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 079: The Premarital Sex “Test Drive”

A sexual ‘test drive’ mentality is essentially exploitative in nature, reducing a potential spouse to someone who is easily replaced by a ‘better’ model. When we take a car for a test drive, and don't like it, we can just return the keys and move on to the next model. But people are not cars that we can just exploit and cast aside.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJanuary 30, 2012Premarital Sex, Human Sexuality

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