under the patronage of St Joseph and St Dominic

By the rivers of Babylon there we sat and wept, remembering Zion;
on the poplars that grew there we hung up our harps. . . Ps 136

Moral Issues

I. The Truth about Condoms–Response to Rhonheimer's Article in The Tablet

The condom has an inbuilt ordination to immoral activity. So many moral theologians seem to be incapable of grasping moral principle, among them The Tablet's Martin Rhonheimer. more

II. Condoms as Weapons of Self Defence

The President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers has endorsed the use of condoms as weapons of self defence! His reasoning leaves much to be desired. more

III. Isn't a Condom Something like a Crash Helmet?

Well, isn't it? Isn't the preservation of one's life the most important thing? No. Not if it involves a breach of the moral law. more

IV. Is it Licit for a Woman to 'Adopt' a Frozen Embryo?

The answer to this question is, in our view, 'No'.  Here is the argument. Its thrust is subject to the formal ruling of the Church on the question. more

V. Common Ground?

This is a review of the book "Common Ground?", a collection of essays dealing with abortion and 'sex education' published in 2007.  The seven contributors are all Catholics involved in the field of bioethics; the editors are Fr John Fleming and Nicholas Tonti-Filippini.  The views of the majority of the contributors are, we argue, fundamentally defective.  more

VI. Christopher Pearson's Moral Theology

Catholic journalist, Christopher Pearson, demonstrates a defective understanding of the Church's teaching on human life.  more

VII. Suicide

Thanks to subjectivism and materialism, the public attitude to suicide today is, at best, ambivalent and, at worst, indulgent.  more

VIII. The Pope and the Question of 'Condoms'

IX. The Pope and the Question of 'Condoms' - part two

The views expressed in the first part of this article have now been confirmed by Professor Martin Rhonheimer, one of the objects of its criticism.  Here we address Rhonheimer's arguments in detail; explain why the Pope was wrong in the opinion he expressed in his interview with Peter Seewald; and advise what he should do to correct it.  more

X. Worrying Times for Christ's Faithful People

We criticise here the views of respected Catholic commentator, George Weigel, and the content of the Note of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the words of the Pope in 'Luce del Mondo'. more

XI. The Morality of Preserving Human Embryos

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued two Instructions on bioethical questions, Donum Vitae (22.2.1987) and Dignitas Personae (8.9.2008).  This paper deals with an important issue dealt with in those papers, whether there is any solution to the question what is to be done with the multitude of human embryos preserved cryogenically.  The Congregation denies there is a solution: but the Congregation is wrong; there is a solution.  more