The resources and videos below are for your own further education on the selected topics.
Pornography
Fight the New Drug, a secular anti-porn resource with many facts about the effects porn has on brains, relationships, and society
Same Sex Attraction:
Eden Invitation, a Catholic organization that focuses on the whole person “beyond the LGBT+ paradigm”
Videos:
Desire of the Everlasting Hills
How to Talk about Homosexuality in the Church with Fr. Mike Schmitz and Dr. Scott Hahn
Bishop Robert Barron on the Supreme Court Ruling
Articles:
Long-term Effects of Same-Sex Parenting
Marriage and Human Complementarity:
Articles:
Marriage Statistics in the United States
Videos: The Diocese has purchased the Humanum Series for your benefit and use:
Articles and Reports:
The Role of Fathers and Childhood Development
Cohabitation and Effects on Marriage
The Science of Sex Differences
Transgender Resources:
Teaching Resources from the US Bishops
Bishop Rhoades on Gender Dysphoria, July 2021
“Questioning Gender: Medicine and Theology in Dialogue” from the McGrath Institute for Church Life
National Catholic Bioethics Center Statement on Transgenderism (2015)
FAQ on Gender Identity Disorder and “Sex-Change” Operations
Catholic Medical Association: Statement on Hormone Treatment of Children
The Dangerous Lie of Sex Change Surgery’s Success
Transgender Surgery Isn’t the Solution
Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences (144 page research study on homosexuality and transgender issues)
National Geographic’s “Gender Revolution”: Bad Science and False Ideology
Abortion
Project Rachel (National Site)
Project Rachel (Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend)
10 Ways to Support Her when She’s Unexpectedly Expecting
Relationship between Contraception and Abortion
Early Feminists: Pro-Life Pioneers
John Paul the Great and the Gospel of Life
Roe Turns 40: A Look at the Legal Legacy of Abortion
Adoption
We Need to Talk About Adoption (Article by Elizabeth Kirk)
The Adoption Option (Audio Broadcast with Ray Guarendi)
Adoption: Choosing It, Living It, Loving It (Book by Ray Guarendi)
Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne-South Bend
Domestic Adoption and Foster Care
End of Life Issues
Salvifici Doloris (On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering)
Videos:
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