by Karlo Broussard | Feb 19, 2024 | Articles
There’s no shortage of details in the New Testament that skeptics use to undermine the historical credibility of the Gospels. One is the timing of Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple. John places the event at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry (John 2:13-22). The Synoptics,...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles
In 1 Timothy 4:1-3, St. Paul speaks of a time when some will turn away from the faith and “give heed to…doctrines of demons,” which he identifies as the forbidding of marriage and the consumption of meat. Some Protestants see this passage as a condemnation of the...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 1, 2024 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Recently on Catholic Answers Live, a caller asked me about whether there are morally licit means for a married couple to avoid pregnancy while still engaging in sexual intercourse. I explained that sterilization and contraception are a no-go, and that natural family...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 16, 2024 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Recently, Ohio governor Mike DeWine vetoed a bill (Ohio House Bill 68) that his own Ohio Republican party-majority House and Senate passed to ban “gender transition care” for youths under eighteen, which would include hormone therapy, puberty-blocker medication, and...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 10, 2024 | Articles
Moral relativists think moral absolutes don’t exist because cultures differ in their moral beliefs. But is this a rational inference? No; here are some reasons why. First, it confuses the accurate knowledge of moral truths with the existence of moral truths. Differing...
by Karlo Broussard | Dec 23, 2023 | Articles
Below is my contribution, along with others, to the Catholic Answers roundtable discussion on Fiducia Supplicans. This week, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) published the declaration Fiducia Supplicans (FS), which reflects on the theology of blessing...
