The Vatican Denounces Polygamy, But Also Flips Centuries of Magisterial Teaching On Marital Sex, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream, December 1, 2025

Canon Dr. Jules Gomes (BA, BD, MTh, PhD) has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

Will the Vatican’s document offer amnesty for Catholic couples punished in purgatory for enjoying conjugal love?

A celibate cleric waxing lyrical about the pleasures of conjugal love may be compared to a congenitally dumb man who miraculously starts speaking Mandarin and Malayalam, both at the same time. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Rome’s doctrinal rottweiler, is the epitome of such a miracle. When it comes to rhapsodising on the birds and bees, this prince of the church soars on the wings of an eagle.

In 1995, the cardinal, who was consecrated to the deity Cupid, penned his own contribution to the anthology of erotica. He wrote a book titled  Heal Me With Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing. In a chapter on “Male and Female Orgasm,” the vestal virgin of Catholicism assesses male and female orgasm. In the chapter “The Road to Orgasm,” the high priest of Eros explains how the saints were inebriated by sexual ecstasy in their mystical union with God. …

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