Relationships

Question 1

What is marital sex?

Answer 1

Sex and love is a gift from God.

Question 2

What is unitive sex?

Answer 2

Sex deepens the love and brings couple closer together.

Question 3

What is pro creative sex?

Answer 3

God creates new life through sex.

Question 4

Catholic marriage vowels

Answer 4

• To have and to hold from this day forwards • For better for worse
• For richer for poorer
• In sickness and in health
• To love and to cherish • Until death do us part

Question 5

Why is adultery bad?

Answer 5

It breaks the marriage vows (have and to hold….love
and cherish)
• Betrays trust - causes hurt
• Brings distress to whole family
• Can cause the break-up of the marriage (insecure for children)
• Jesus says adultery is wrong

Question 6

Catholic teachings on homosexuality

Answer 6

• It is not a sin to have homosexual feelings
• Homosexual sex is considered wrong because it is not pro-creative
• Homosexuals should live celibate lives (with support and prayer)

Question 7

What is Remarriage?

Answer 7

When a divorced person marries a new partner.

• Catholics cannot re-marry in a Catholic Church unless the original partner has died
• A re-married Catholic cannot therefore receive Holy Communion

Question 8

What is Annulment?

Answer 8

Catholics can receive a statement that their (Catholic) marriage was invalid.

Question 9

Acceptable reasons for annulment?

Answer 9

• One/both was forced to marry
• One/both never intended to have a child •The marriage was not consummated •One/both never intended to remain faithful •Lies/concealment
• Incest
• Couldn’t give consent (not understanding the vows)

Question 10

What is Cohabitation?

Answer 10

Living together as a couple without making a formal commitment.

Question 11

Catholic views on contraception

Answer 11

• All artificial contraception is wrong.
• It contradicts God’s command to ‘be fruitful and multiply’.
• It contradicts the two purposes of sex - to be unitive and to procreate.

Question 12

Natural family planning (NFP)

Answer 12

• The Catholic Church does allow Natural Family Planning
• Where couples do NOT have sex when the woman is at the most fertile time of the month
• Catholics agree that couples should only have the number of children they can care for
• The possibility of pregnancy remains - if this is what God plans.

Question 13

The Bible on gender equality (quote)

Answer 13

“God created humans in his own image, male and female he created them both” (Genesis 1:27).

Question 14

Catholic teaching on gender equality

Answer 14

Men and women are equal but have different roles.