Article: James T. Bretzke, S.J., on Catholic Moral Theology (REVIEW ESSAY) - Because I am concerned about certain defects in the official Catholic moral teachings, I want to highlight here the American Jesuit moral theologian James T. Bretzke s Moral Theology and the Paradigm Shift of Vatican II in the 800-page 2023 book The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II, edited by Catherine E. Clifford of Saint Paul University in Ottawa and Massimo Faggioli of Villanova University in Philadelphia (pp. 418-431).
It’s a tall order, but a values-based, wholistic approach to teaching chastity can help in making healthy and holy decisions about bodies and relationships.