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Why young adults are emerging into adulthood without a moral compass

By Emily Stimpson. Book finds young people ages 18 to 23 can’t engage in moral reasoning

Why immigration reform is of concern to Catholics

By Gerald Korson. All human issues have moral dimensions, says bishop in support of 'just and rational' policy.

We don't scream for this ice cream

Our Takes. We don't need morally offensive messages shoved down our throats, no matter how tasty the ingredients may be.

Turning the table

By Robert P. Lockwood. Silly line in a silly sitcom speaks truth about problem with world of 'scientism' we live in

The pope and the pol address climate change

Al Gore and Pope Benedict both say global warming is a moral issue

The morality question

God Lives column by Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Every human act is either moral or immoral, and we must make judgments on that basis.

Teresa Tomeo: You go, 'YOUCAT'

New catechetical resource helps young Catholics navigate the choppy cultural waters of today’s world. (Subscription required)

Teresa Tomeo: The real problems with 'reality' TV

Young girls’ viewing habits can negatively affect self-esteem and relationships with peers, study says

Teresa Tomeo: Consequences lesson

Does British prime minister’s speech on riots hint that pope’s message on morality is gaining traction? (Subscription required)

Teresa Tomeo: A wake-up call from the pope

We must get out of spiritual comfort zones and take a stand against the moral relativism of today. (Subscription required)

TCA Faith Q&A

Free to registered users. The Catholic answer to your questions about Scripture, theology, morality and apologetics. By Father Ray Ryland, Ph.D., J.D.

TCA Faith

This Q&A is free to registered users. The Catholic Answer to your questions about Scripture, theology, morality and apologetics.

Taking your Catholic values into account when investing

By Phil Lenahan. Faithful should consider how their resources will be used by companies

Slippery slope of morality has many willing slider

Priest recalls one affair where participant dismissed her actions with President John F. Kennedy on account of her age

Sister's abortion approval draws automatic excommunication

This article has free access for all visitors. By Joseph O'Brien. Nun who was hospital administrator believed saving mother's life justified killing of unborn child

Signs of moral decline

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Stem-cell decision an example of how society is missing insights given by Divine Revelation

Same message, different approach

Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI approach the topics of morality in their own unique ways.

Robert P. Lockwood: Not fit to print

Obscenity-laced lyrics of current hits lack the poetry found in rock music of the past. (Subscription required)

Robert P. Lockwood: End-of-life propaganda

Dying man’s column about plan to kill himself could be used to persuade sick, elderly not to be ‘burdens’. (Subscription required)

Revealing morality

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. In troubled times, is God's direct revelation the only way to know and practice morality?

Restoring health care to the 'Catholic way'

By Ann Carey. Top threats coming from attacks on conscience rights and national health reform act, experts say.

Paying the price of virginity auctions

Our Takes. Romanian student is the latest young woman to auction off her virginity to the highest bidder

Our Take: What does washing your hands have to do with morality?

Cleanliness is next to godliness, the old cliché goes.

Our Take: Television and parental control

Our Take for May 2, 2010

Openers: Pope drops bombshell on AIDS, condoms. Or does he?

This column by John Norton has free access for all visitors. Amid all the uproar over Pope Benedict XVI’s comments about AIDS and condoms in his new book-length interview, you could be forgiven for thinking he had actually said anything new.

No, you cannot have an app for that

Our Take. Apple has poked a stick in the eye of proponents of traditional marriage. (Subscription required)

No Compromise Possible

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Live and let live seems to fit the 'American way'

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Dignity of unborn

We who are pro-life must promote right to life for all, and not leave matter to the states to decide. (Subscription required)

Morality: Is it all in our heads?

Our Takes. According to new research, magnets have the ability to affect people's sense of right and wrong.

Model turned modesty speaker is an advocate for women

By Jim Graves. Leah Darrow wants young people to understand the attractiveness of living a modest, chaste life. (Subscription required)

Many hospital ethics boards out of touch with Church

By Ann Carey. Training, improved relations with bishops needed to foster compliance with directives, experts say.

Making babies

This column has free access for all visitors. By Greg Erlandson. No-holds-barred attitude toward creating children produces dismal consequences with no end in sight

Looking past extremes to find America's core values

By Emily Stimpson. In book, Knights of Columbus leader finds a greater moral consensus than the media, pundits suggest.

Letters to the Editor

Lettters to the Editor about Mass attendance, Islam, sports, and Catholic identity

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about church workers' rights, Communion, cohabitation, and confession. (Subscription required)

Lethal-injection case puts moral issue on table

Catholics should not want Supreme Court to be arbiter of our country's moral justice

Legalism is cause of Catholic moral immaturity

By Russell Shaw. Timely resources for moving beyond childish obedience of the rules, to living the truth

Investing with a clear conscience

By Scott Alessi. Catholics don’t have to sacrifice big financial returns to invest in line with their ideals.

In Focus: Understanding the Catholic view of stem cells

By OSV staff. The Church’s teaching made easy.

In Focus: Theology of the body: Making a gift of self

By Emily Stimpson. How Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body can help Catholics better live out their vocations. First in a three-part series

In Focus: How 'hooking up' hijacks youths' happiness

By Tom Hoopes. The act of hooking up carries lifelong — and eternal — risks for young people today

How to steer clear of pitfalls when using Facebook

By Emily Stimpson. Limit time on social-networking sites in favor of face-to-face communications with family and friends

How free are clergy to discuss politics from pulpit?

By Jim Graves. Suit challenges IRS restrictions on pastors and nonprofit organizations when it comes to political issues

Hold off on that love in the afternoon

Our Takes

Here comes the (very pregnant) bride

Our Takes

Greg Erlandson: Buying into the scripts of premarital sex, cohabitation

Book exposes the lies we tell our young adults and ourselves about premarital sex and cohabitation

Greg Erlandson: Beyond Penn State

The delusion of thinking institutions can control or suppress scandal remains undiminished, apparently

Good alternative to health insurance system?

By Richard J. Wall, Jr. 'Christian burden sharing' seeks recognition as biblically based, morally sound and socially beneficial option for health care needs.

Gluttony — the most widespread deadly sin

By Mary Eberstadt. Eating too much is only one way this vice turns our focus away from God

Five ways Catholics can create a relationship of love

By Eric Sammons. Practical tips for helping family members in the daily struggle for holiness

Eye on Culture Column: Pro-lifers march on

By Teresa Tomeo. Even abortion advocates are beginning to admit the pro-life movement is making remarkable progress

Erlandson: (Don't) imagine that

Our imaginations can become destructive when images are implanted that turn others into objects

Editorial: Where's the societal self-restraint?

If taxes on vices are legitimate ‘user fees’ that help governments avoid other forms of taxation, then why not legalize (and tax) drugs and prostitution?

Editorial: Watch it

No TV producer pours energy into a project without hoping that it will have some sort of influence on people’s lives.

Editorial: Running the course

‘We decided our sports program, whatever form it took, would have at its core the formation of the human person.’

Editorial: Catholic school conundrum

This editorial column has free access for all visitors. The Church ‘never looks for reasons to turn anyone away from a Catholic education’ but needs to have discretion to create an environment conducive to its aims.

Doctrine, history, morality: Why I became Catholic

In Focus article. OSV columnist, Carl E. Olson, tells of his conversion to the Catholic faith.

Cruelty versus purity

Morality, love of Christian families converted hearts in first- and second-century Rome

Courage of convictions

OSV columnist Kathy Shaidle praises a faithful Catholic legislator in Canada whose unequivocal defense of traditional morality is something we'd like to see more of in the United States.

Conscience threatened on health, sexuality issues

By Michelle Martin. Advocates are fighting back against recent hits on protections against abortion, same-sex unions. (Subscription required)

Conferences call on men to be leaders of love, service

By Jim Graves. Growing movement recognizes the challenges they face in today’s society

Catholic universities see value of single-sex housing

By Emily Stimpson. Proponents say it encourages appropriate behavior between genders and fosters more virtuous culture

Catholic startup takes on Netflix, Blockbuster

Online DVD rental company offers films safe for the whole family

Catholic conceptions of fertility

The pain of not being able to have a baby may be great, but there are moral implications to seeking reproductive treatments that separate conception of a child from the marriage act

Carter's values not always in tune with the Church

Former president's book shows how Catholics and evangelicals differ in moral judgments

Author offers ways to break science-morality deadlock

By Father Michael Orsi. Book calls for better articulation of 'dignity of the person' concept

Atwitter over morality

By Teresa Tomeo. Research on rapid-fire media's effect not a surprise if you've read great Catholic writings

As new study shows, abstinence education does work

By Sandy Pickert. An expert on the front lines of federally funded sex education interprets 'surprising' new research

A scientific and reasonable case for life after death

By Emily Stimpson. New book uses atheists' 'own weapons' to demonstrate human immortality

A moral alternative to treating infertility

By Valerie Schmalz. Technology developed by Catholic doctor treats underlying causes that prevent conception

A human approach

Editorial

15 ways to promote the sanctity of life

By Gerald Korson and Bridget Becker. Catholics can use these creative, grass-roots suggestions to help foster a consistent ethic of life in their own communities and neighborhoods.

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ makes sense

By Russell Shaw. Accept homosexuals as neighbors, co-workers, parishioners and friends, but not the attempt to foist unconditional acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle