On lust Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission Friday, March 2, 2018 It’s one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and in “our time it is difficult to underestimate the harm caused by the widespread tolerance and celebration of lust and promiscuity.” Marriage rates have dropped, lust is touted in music, movies, popular culture, and, of course, pornography. And artificial contraception has perpetrated the lie that there can be sex without consequences. © 2024 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
On lust
Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission
Friday, March 2, 2018