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Should Sex Be Scheduled or Spontaneous?
Should sex be scheduled, spontaneous, or should married couples have a mix of both? There is nothing wrong with spontaneous moments of intimacy, but in this article, Theo McManigal argues for the value of scheduling sex.
Adultery Without an Affair? The Sin of Mental Adultery
What does it really mean to commit adultery in the heart? This article offers deeper Catholic clarity on mental adultery, explaining when lustful thoughts or sexual fantasies become sinful and how spouses can better understand the call to purity, fidelity, and marital love.
My Spouse Uses Porn. What Now?
The article offers practical guidance for spouses who discover pornography use in their marriage, helping them understand why the experience is so painful and how to respond in a healthy way. It validates the betrayed spouse’s emotions, clarifies that the betrayal is not their fault, and encourages concrete next steps such as taking time to grieve, seeking support from priests, therapists, and trusted friends, and accessing reputable recovery resources. By framing pornography use as both a serious moral failing and a destructive coping behavior, the article equips spouses with a realistic framework for pursuing healing, compassion, and possible marital restoration.
Is Foreplay Sinful if the Husband Struggles with Premature Ejaculation?
An all too common issue plaguing many husbands – and one that we have discussed many times on this site – is premature ejaculation. While we have addressed this issue as it relates to performing the marital act itself, we wanted to address a moral dilemma about premature ejaculation that can easily come up in the area of marital foreplay which precedes the marital act. And that is, to what extent does the condition of premature ejaculation impact which acts of foreplay, if any, can licitly be done to lead up to the marital act?