Question How can one systematically define the rights and duties of marriage? Likewise, what are the goods of marriage? Thank you, and may God bless you. Answer I respond to your two inquiries. I. The duties and rights of marriage The Code of Canon Law states simply: Each spouse has
Question: Dear Father, We are a Catholic couple with three beautiful children, and we wish to have more. However, when we mention this to other couples who are our friends—also Catholic—they tell us that this is not responsible parenthood. Could you clarify this concept for me? Does it mean we
Question: Dear Father: My wife and I, due to problems that are not relevant to explain, do not want to have more children, and for this reason we have decided to resort to a definitive method. I understand that sterilization (tubal ligation) is not accepted by the Church, but aside
Question: What are the causes of annulment of a marriage? Response: The causes can be divided into three categories: 1) By reason of an invalidating canonical impediment, which was not (or could not be) dispensed, including: age, impotence, a prior marriage, disparity of religion, sacred orders, religious vows, abduction, crime,
Question: I would like to know if it is a sin not to educate our children in a Christian way (or at least morally). It is a discussion we have been having for some time with our relatives, who, in our opinion, are negligent in the moral education of their
Question: Father, my son spends many hours surfing the Internet; is that bad, and can it cause him any problems? Answer: To whom it may concern: I am not a specialist in psychiatry, but I do understand that long internet sessions are not beneficial for anyone’s personality, particularly that of
Question: It is said, as an argument in favor of birth control pills, that their use decreases the number of abortions and that, therefore, we should at least tolerate them as a lesser evil. What are your thoughts on this? Response: I reply with what Pope John Paul II has
Question: I am asking for your guidance on how I can educate my children on the importance of modesty. I have young children and also some who have begun adolescence. I hope you can help me. Response: Modesty is the tendency to hide something in order to defend one’s intimacy
Question: Dear Father: I have read some of your articles and I still don’t understand why divorce is wrong. I would like you to give me more specific arguments. Thanks for your kindness. Response: Divorce is opposed to the indissolubility of marriage, which is a property of the institution of
Question: Dear sirs: I believe that many laws exist that are not applicable to modern life and that should be updated by the hierarchy of the Church. I am very concerned about contraception. As a married woman, I believe I have the right to decide my life; I don’t think
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