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Suggested Aids for Emotional Healing and Spiritual Growth

Author: Sutton, Dr. Philip M.

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Comments on “Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral Care”

Author: Harvey OSFS, Fr. John

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What’s a Spouse, Parent, Family Member, Friend or Pastor to Do?

Author: Sutton, Dr. Philip M.

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‘Love Does Not Delight in Evil, but Rejoices With the Truth.’ A Theological and Pastoral Reflection On My Journey Away From A Homosexual Identity

This article offers theological reflection on the author’s experience, initially as a celibate gay person and subsequently as someone who has chosen not to be defined as gay and who has married. It argues that faithfulness to the classic Christian teaching about sex and marriage is liberating rather than homophobic, and that the contemporary cultural tendency to conflate sexual desire with identity bears at least some of the blame for the gay experience of marginalisation. This conflation must be questioned. The article concludes by relating this to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s critique of anthropocentric construals of ‘love’.

Author: Doherty, Sean

March 1 2014

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A Priest’s Experience in Pastoring Those with SSA

Fr. Paul Check, former executive director of Courage International, delivers an address during the Aug. 10-12, 2015 Truth & Love conference.

Author: Check, Fr. Paul

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A.A. and Courage: Use of the Twelve Steps by Courage

Courage provides a positive method, following the teaching of the Catholic Church, for same-sex attracted individuals seeking moral growth in the virtue of chastity or continence as well as other virtues.

Author: Harvey, OSFS, Fr. John F.

July 2010

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Angelic Warfare Confraternity

Official description: "The Angelic Warfare Confraternity is a supernatural fellowship of men and women bound to one another in love and dedicated to pursuing and promoting chastity together under the powerful patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Blessed Virgin Mary."

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Beauty and Brokenness

Andrew Comiskey, founder of the Desert Stream/Living Waters ministry, delivers an address during the 2015 Truth & Love conference.

Author: Comiskey, Andrew

August 11 2015

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Blessed Are the Pure In Heart: A Pastoral Letter on the Dignity of the Human Person and the Dangers of Pornography

A Pastoral Letter on the dignity of the human person and the dangers of pornography.

Author: Finn, Most Reverend Robert W.,

February 21 2007

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Bought with a Price: Every Man’s Duty to Protect Himself and His Family From a Pornographic Culture

Bishop Loverde writes on the nature of the current threat of pornography, the arguments people use to rationalize it, and offers concrete counsel to all Christians.

Author: Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop Emeritus of Arlington

March 19 2014

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Breaking Free: 12 Steps to Sexual Purity for Men

Breaking Free will teach you how to give up porn, find accountability, look for accountability software, protect yourself against sexual addictions and sins, and prevent future problems that could destroy your marriage and family life.

Author: Wood, Stephen

June 13 2003

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Comments on “Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral Care”

Fr. John Harvey's commentary on the USCCB statement of November 14, 2006

Author: Harvey OSFS, Fr. John

December 2006

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Covenant Eyes — Internet Accountability and Filtering

Porn thrives on shame and secrets. Covenant Eyes services are designed to help you overcome porn by monitoring your online activity and sending a report to a trusted friend who holds you accountable for your online choices.

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Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography

As pastors of the Catholic Church, we offer this statement to give a word of hope and healing to those who have been harmed by pornography and to raise awareness of its pervasiveness and harms.

Author: USCCB

November 17 2015

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Created Male and Female: An Open Letter from Religious Leaders

We come together to join our voices on a more fundamental precept of our shared existence, namely, that human beings are male or female and that the socio-cultural reality of gender cannot be separated from one's sex as male or female.

Author: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

December 15 2017

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