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The Forgotten Sin: Why Marital Relations During Pregnancy Violates Natural Law and Catholic Teaching.

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  In an age where convenience often trumps conscience, many Catholic couples have accepted a dangerous error regarding the marital embrace during pregnancy. The prevailing assumption—that conjugal relations are morally neutral or even virtuous while a child already grows in the womb—stands in direct contradiction to the Church's traditional understanding of the primary purpose of marriage. This is not merely a matter of personal preference or "couples' choice," but a question of mortal sin and the proper ordering of one of the most sacred acts entrusted to married persons. The Primary End: Procreation First To understand why relations during pregnancy constitute a violation of divine law, one must first grasp the hierarchy of ends within marriage. Pope Pius XI, in his landmark encyclical Casti Connubii (1930), leaves no room for ambiguity: "Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily by nature for the begetting of children" ( Casti Connubii , #...
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A New Path Forward: The Convergent Episcopal Designation Thesis

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A New Path Forward: The Convergent Episcopal Designation Thesis A Strictly Sedevacantist Proposal Against Unam Sanctam’s Imperfect General Council The Catholic Church today faces a manifest and total vacancy of the Apostolic See. The claimants since 1958 have publicly promoted errors long condemned by the Church, rendering them incapable of holding the office of Roman Pontiff. This is the core of strict sedevacantism : the Chair of Peter is empty — not partially occupied, not materially held, but fully vacant. We must restore a true visible head while firmly rejecting the heresy of sedeprivationism (also known as the Cassiciacum Thesis). Sedeprivationism claims that the post-conciliar claimants are “material popes” (validly elected and occupying the See) but lack formal authority due to their errors, and could potentially become full popes by recanting. This position is heretical because a public heretic cannot validly hold the papal office at all — divine law prevents a non-Catholic...
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