Tag: Casti Connubii

Pastor Column: Casti Connubii V

Posted on by Father Albert
From the bulletin of October 24, 2021      Now we return to the document from Pope Pius XI on marriage. Last we left off, the Pope reiterated the standard teaching of the Church against abortion and artificial contraception. From this point, the pope moves onto the related topic of eugenics. Eugenics is supposed to be the science of healthy breeding, but in practice it turns out as a crime against human nature. Some doctors and scientists wanted to help the human race become healthier, so they tried to regulate who could have children with whom and some even went so...Read More

Pastor Column: Casti Connubii IV

Posted on by Father Albert
From the bulletin of October 3, 2021      After addressing the sacramentality and indissolubility of marriage, Pope Pius XI’s letter continues with a lament of social conditions that work against the good of marriage in society. He lists a variety of mediums of entertainment (radio, television, plays) and nots that they increasingly extol sin (like adultery and fornication) as good or at least as something less than terrible.      From there, he targets a particular falsehood that we’ve seen play out in the worst way in our society today. There were and increasing number of philosophers and social commentators who...Read More

Pastor Column: Casti Connubii II

Posted on by Father Albert
     After that brief interruption for the sake of the Ember Days, we return to Pope Pius XI’s letter on marriage. We are still addressing the second blessing of marriage. The last thing mentioned was the virtue of chastity, which applies even in marriage. Chastity always means self-control so that we can love others as people and not objects. Outside of marriage, this takes the form of physical self-denial, but the aspect of self-control still applies even within marriage. There are many nasty and prejudiced jokes out there about Catholics having large families and how women are treated. These insults...Read More