[ May 23, 2026 ] How Catholics can receive a plenary indulgence on Pentecost News Briefs
[ May 23, 2026 ] Madrid archbishop says Catholics feel ‘incredible expectation’ at pope’s upcoming trip to Spain News Briefs
[ May 23, 2026 ] In Italian region marred by toxic waste, Pope Leo XIV praises ‘beauty no injustice can erase’ News Briefs
[ May 23, 2026 ] In Italy’s ‘Land of Fires,’ Pope Leo XIV laments ‘the cry of creation and the poor’ News Briefs
[ May 23, 2026 ] Release dates for Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ announced News Briefs

Articles by Helen M. Alvaré

About Helen M. Alvaré

Helen M. Alvaré is the Robert A. Levy Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, and has worked for the Church for 37 years in various capacities. Her most recent books include Religious Freedom After the Sexual Revolution: A Catholic Guide and Christianity and the Laws of Conscience: An Introduction. Read Helen’s other WWNN essays.

Sex and Catholic Social Teaching

May 23, 2026 Helen M. Alvaré 0

As someone who has long labored in the service of the Catholic Church’s teachings on fraught sexual expression topics, I think I understand Pope Leo XIV’s recent remarks on Catholic sexual morality in response to […]