Pornography and lust undermine and rob people from experiencing God's gift of love, Pope Francis said.
"Sexual pleasure, which is a gift from God, is undermined by pornography: satisfaction without relationship that can generate forms of addiction," the pope said Jan. 17 at
The New Mexico Attorney General's office filed a civil lawsuit against Meta Dec. 5, alleging the social media giant has become a "marketplace for predators" on its Instagram and Facebook platforms, the latest in a series of allegations against Meta concerning how
Officials of the Archdiocese of Cologne were informed as early as July 2022 about dozens of employees accessing porn sites -- among them were "highest-ranking clerics," according to a report by a local newspaper, Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger. Accessing pornographic sites, even if it
Texas has become the seventh state to enact a law requiring age verification for viewing pornography online.
On June 12, Governor Greg Abbott signed off on HB 1181, which imposes civil penalties on entities that permit those under age 18 to access pornographic
The U.S. bishops are encouraging Catholics to join them in asking Congress to protect children online, both from viewing pornography and from becoming victims of child pornography and exploitation.
In a June 9 action alert, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Department of
A new Utah law, SB 287, which went into effect on May 3, began to restrict minors’ access to pornographic websites. The law requires websites that distribute “pornography and other materials defined as being harmful to minors” to implement age-verification systems that
(OSV News) — A Utah law requiring websites with pornographic content to obtain age verification for users went into effect May 3. Pornhub, one of the world’s most-visited adult websites, responded by blocking access to users in Utah in what it said
Pornography is a danger to public health, and it threatens the dignity of all men and women, Pope Francis said.
"The dignity of men and women is also threatened by the inhumane and increasingly widespread practice of 'wombs for rent,' in which women,
For those battling pornography addiction, Jesuit Father Peter Schineller offers hope through St. Ignatius of Loyola, himself a victim of unchaste living in his early life. But St. Ignatius was gifted with a vision of Mary and the Child Jesus, a vision
The increased screen time and isolation due to quarantine measures or restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have put vulnerable minors at greater risk of grooming and abuse online, a Jesuit safeguarding expert said. Almost every nation that has had lockdowns or other