This week on “Jesuitical,” we ask Christine Emba, the author of “Rethinking Sex”: Why are so many millennial women miserable when it comes to their dating and sex lives?
Sexuality
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I am an abuse survivor. I believe the synod will teach the church how to listen.
By listening we all walk together. Along the route of life we must encourage forgiveness but not exoneration.
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Cardinal Marx: Having married priests ‘would be better for everyone’
“For some priests, it would be better if they were married—not just for sexual reasons, but because it would be better for their life and they wouldn’t be lonely,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx said in a newspaper interview.
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German bishop says gender-neutral language in synod documents would be ‘an unmistakable commitment to gender ideology’
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer criticized the Synodal Path for postponing a debate on gender-neutral language.
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Sex and Confession: 5 helpful guidelines
First: You are not required to talk about sex in the confessional.
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Sohrab Ahmari makes the case for traditionalist Catholicism
There is much within Sohrab Ahmari’s new book that can and should speak to all Catholics, traditionalist or otherwise. More troubling from a Catholic perspective are Ahmari’s chapters on politics and on sex.
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The Sacramental Love Songs of Bachata’s Romeo Santos
The enchanted universe that Romeo alludes to is full of unpredictability and surprises.
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Conversion therapy is still happening in Catholic spaces—and its effects on L.G.B.T. people can be devastating
Although only a small minority of L.G.B.T. Catholics will ever seek conversion therapy, the assumptions underlying that therapy often influence the message many gay Catholics hear in the confessional and from friends and mentors.
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Older Catholics: We need to talk about our sex lives
Sex with someone you know and love is deeply satisfying. At our age it may not be as athletic or as frequent, but it is fulfilling. It is affirming. And it is fun.
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Artificial food, sex and drugs give us an artificial high — and they’re getting in the way of our search for God.
Our desires for the divine can be co-opted by artificial stimulants-. Ignatian prayer can help.