By Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing, April 18, 2023
Randall B. Smith is a Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His latest book is From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body.
So I guess Pope Francis said that the Church’s “catechesis on sex is still in diapers.” People have asked me what I think of that. My honest reply is, I’m sorry, but I don’t know what that means, any more than I know what it meant when that woman at Stanford asked, “Is the juice worth the squeeze?” When I read that, I thought to myself: Well, judging from the popularity of juice, I take it a lot of people think the juice is worth the squeeze. It seemed a little like asking, “Is the fruit worth the harvest?” The obvious answer would be, yes. …