United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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At their November 2015 General Assembly, the U.S. bishops approved the formal statement "Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography."
Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, then-chairman of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, which directed the statement's development, said: "My brother bishops' approval of this statement shows our collective concern for the widespread problem of pornography in our culture today. As the statement says, virtually everyone is affected by pornography in some way. So many people –including within the Church– are in need of Christ's abundant mercy and healing."
I highlight the following remarks from the U.S. Catholic Bishops:
"The rise of the Internet presents the most dramatic difference between pornography in decades past and more recently."
"Online, pornography is instantly accessible, seemingly anonymous, mostly free, and has the appearance of being endlessly novel."
"The widespread availability of the Internet means that pornography is in the home, at work, and often literally at one’s fingertips with the prevalence of mobile devices."
"In contrast to a magazine, the Internet has no final page."
Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, then-chairman of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, which directed the statement's development, said: "My brother bishops' approval of this statement shows our collective concern for the widespread problem of pornography in our culture today. As the statement says, virtually everyone is affected by pornography in some way. So many people –including within the Church– are in need of Christ's abundant mercy and healing."
I highlight the following remarks from the U.S. Catholic Bishops:
"The rise of the Internet presents the most dramatic difference between pornography in decades past and more recently."
"Online, pornography is instantly accessible, seemingly anonymous, mostly free, and has the appearance of being endlessly novel."
"The widespread availability of the Internet means that pornography is in the home, at work, and often literally at one’s fingertips with the prevalence of mobile devices."
"In contrast to a magazine, the Internet has no final page."
The Clean Heart pamphlet series includes five pamphlet-length resources related to the main statement. The pamphlets can be purchased from the USCCB Store. Each pamphlet's full text is available online by clicking on the pamphlet image below:
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