A careful reading of Church documents like canon law or the Catechism (and others), reveals that when the Church uses the term “grave sin” it means “mortal sin.”
Philosophy
Why IVF is Gravely Immoral
IVF replaces the procreative act of love reserved for married spouses with lab technicians in order to bring children into being in vitro (in glass). Many of these lab-conceived-children are held in cryo-storage indefinitely or used for experimentation.
The Catholic Life of Reason, Truth, Faith and Morals: It’s Desperately Needed Today
The Catholic life is a unity of reason, truth, faith, and morals. It’s a beautiful, challenging, transcendent life. It’s a life of which people are in desperate need of today.
Steven Hawking and The “Gravity God”
Why is there something rather than nothing? Stephen Hawking insists that gravity is the answer to that perennial question. That is, gravity is God and the “Gravity God” is the creator. Sorry, but that answer doesn’t make the grade.
Root Problem: A Failure to Understand What it Means to be Human
It is no surprise that American secularists display a high level of disdain for Catholicism, since, whether they admit it or not, the Catholic Church represents the antithesis of their futile quest to annihilate truth and religion.