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Offends Chastity<\/p>\n
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Turns People into Products<\/p>\n
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Perverts Human Sexuality<\/p>\n
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Lies, Enslaves, Spreads Violence and Abuse<\/p>\n
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Undermines Human Dignity<\/p>\n
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Users Need Compassion<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhen man does not recognize in himself and in others the value and grandeur of the human person, he effectively deprives himself of the possibility of benefiting from his humanity<\/strong> and of entering into that relationship of solidarity and communion with others for which God created him.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(Pope St. John Paul II, 41)<\/a><\/p>\n Pornography “reduces the human person and human body to an anonymous object of misuse for the purpose of gratifying concupiscence.” (Pornography and Violence in the Communications Media, 9)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Unfortunately the Christian message about the dignity of women is contradicted by that persistent mentality which considers the human being not as a person but as a thing<\/strong>, as an object of trade, at the service of selfish interest and mere pleasure: the first victims of this mentality are women. This mentality produces very bitter fruits, such as contempt for men and for women, slavery, oppression of the weak, pornography, prostitution\u2026 and all those various forms of discrimination.\u201d (Familiaris Consortio, 24)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Church\u2019s condemnation of pornography flows directly from its teaching on human dignity. Every person is created in the image and likeness of God \u2014 the imago Dei<\/strong> \u2014 and therefore possesses an inherent and inviolable worth that cannot be bought, sold, or traded for pleasure or profit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pornography violates this principle at its root. It does not simply misuse the body. It trains the viewer to encounter another human being as a product<\/strong> \u2014 an instrument of stimulation, a commodity to be consumed and discarded. This is not a secondary harm. It is a direct assault on the truth of what the other person is.<\/span><\/p>\n This is especially grave in pornography\u2019s assault on the dignity of women. Pope St. John Paul II identified the mentality that drives pornography as one that makes women its first victims<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-mans-neck-and-shoulder-as-he-stretches.jpg” alt=”Pornography perverts and distorts God’s design of the human body and human sexuality.” title_text=”A man’s neck and shoulder as he stretches” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_class=”landscape” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Church does not teach that sexuality is shameful. <\/strong>On the contrary, it teaches that human sexuality is a profound and sacred gift \u2014 the language through which spouses give themselves entirely to one another, and through which new life comes into the world. Pornography corrupts this gift at its source.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSexual pleasure, which is a gift from God, is undermined by pornography: satisfaction without relationship that can generate forms of addiction. We have to defend love, the love of the heart, of the mind, of the body, pure love in the giving of oneself to the other.\u201d (Pope Francis)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c[T]he body is no longer perceived as a properly personal reality, a sign and place of relations with others, with God and with the world. It is reduced to pure materiality\u2026 Consequently, sexuality too is depersonalized and exploited<\/strong>: from being the sign, place and language of love\u2026 it increasingly becomes the occasion and instrument for self-assertion and the selfish satisfaction of personal desires and instincts.\u201d (Pope St. John Paul II, 23)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n St. John Paul II\u2019s Theology of the Body develops this point at length: the human body is not merely physical matter<\/strong>. It is expressive \u2014 it speaks a language of self-giving love. Pornography teaches the body to lie, replacing the grammar of self-gift with the grammar of use.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-young-man-in-a-dark-room-with-the-shades-drawn-as-sunlight-comes-through.jpg” alt=”Rather than fulfill a desire for freedom, pornography enslaves users to vice.” title_text=”A young man in a dark room with the shades drawn as sunlight comes through” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_class=”landscape” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cThere is an even more profound aspect which needs to be emphasized: freedom negates and destroys itself, and becomes a factor leading to the destruction of others, when it no longer recognizes and respects its essential link with the truth<\/strong>. When freedom, out of a desire to emancipate itself from all forms of tradition and authority, shuts out even the most obvious evidence of an objective and universal truth\u2026 a serious distortion of life in society results.\u201d (Pope St. John Paul II, 19)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere is alas a spirit of hedonism abroad today<\/strong> which beguiles men into thinking that life is nothing more than the quest for pleasure and the satisfaction of human passions. This attitude is disastrous. Its evil effects on soul and body are undeniable.\u201d\u00a0(Pope St. John XXIII, 235)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Church has noted that even \u201csoft core\u201d material as potentially having \u201ca progressively desensitizing effect, gradually<\/strong> rendering individuals morally numb<\/strong>,\u201d and noted that exposure \u201ccan also be \u2014 like exposure to narcotics \u2014 habit-forming and can lead individuals to seek increasingly \u2018hard core\u2019 and perverse material.\u201d (Pornography and Violence in the Communications Media, 14)<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope St. John Paul II repeatedly insisted that authentic freedom is not the absence of limits, but the capacity to choose the good. A culture that trains desire toward depersonalization does not liberate \u2014 it enslaves.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This is precisely what pornography does at scale. As a systemic technology optimized for behavioral capture and escalating novelty, it progressively narrows the capacity to choose otherwise \u2014 which is the very definition of addiction.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Modern research affirms this pattern of escalating compulsion: a peer-reviewed study spanning 42 countries and more than 82,000 participants found that between 3.2% and 16.6% of the population meets criteria for problematic pornography use. (B\u0151the et al., Addiction, 2024)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||40px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||10px||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”10px||10px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||10px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||10px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_divider color=”#EB7425″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ max_width=”50px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_id=”life without” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” da_popup_slug=”life-without” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|off” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”20px|0px|20px|0px|false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no worse form of alienation than to feel uprooted, belonging to no one.\u201d (Pope Francis, 53)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pornography flourishes in precisely that soil: loneliness, alienation, emotional fragmentation, and the hunger for connection.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n One of pornography\u2019s most destructive effects is what it does to perception itself. Over time, repeated exposure does not simply form a habit. It reshapes the imagination<\/strong> \u2014 the interior faculty through which we encounter other persons. A culture saturated in pornography gradually loses the capacity to see the other as a subject worthy of love and self-giving.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This is not merely a spiritual observation. The secular feminist critique of pornography \u2014 most recently articulated in Pornocracy<\/a>\u00a0by Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel \u2014 documents the same dynamic through empirical research.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pornography presents itself as consolation. But it is a counterfeit that deepens the wound it promises to heal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This is why the Church\u2019s response cannot stop at condemnation. It must address the deeper cultural conditions that make pornography feel like an answer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n A French government review found that 90 percent of mainstream pornographic videos feature verbal, physical, or sexual violence against women. Studies document a measurable increase in choking and slapping among young people during sex. School administrators report boys who \u201cdon\u2019t know how to talk to girls in a way that\u2019s not overtly sexual.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The research tracks what the Church has taught philosophically: pornography doesn\u2019t satisfy desire. It deforms it.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Behind-the-scenes-of-a-pornographic-photoshoot.jpg” alt=”Pornography reshapes the imagination and strips us from our ability to see the other person as worthy of love and self-giving.” title_text=”Behind the scenes of a pornographic photoshoot” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] \u201cThere is no worse form of alienation than to feel uprooted, belonging to no one.\u201d (Pope Francis, 53)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pornography flourishes in precisely that soil: loneliness, alienation, emotional fragmentation, and the hunger for connection.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n One of pornography\u2019s most destructive effects is what it does to perception itself. Over time, repeated exposure does not simply form a habit. It reshapes the imagination<\/strong> \u2014 the interior faculty through which we encounter other persons. A culture saturated in pornography gradually loses the capacity to see the other as a subject worthy of love and self-giving.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This is not merely a spiritual observation. The secular feminist critique of pornography \u2014 most recently articulated in Pornocracy<\/a>\u00a0by Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel \u2014 documents the same dynamic through empirical research.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pornography presents itself as consolation. But it is a counterfeit that deepens the wound it promises to heal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This is why the Church\u2019s response cannot stop at condemnation. It must address the deeper cultural conditions that make pornography feel like an answer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n A French government review found that 90 percent of mainstream pornographic videos feature verbal, physical, or sexual violence against women. Studies document a measurable increase in choking and slapping among young people during sex. School administrators report boys who \u201cdon\u2019t know how to talk to girls in a way that\u2019s not overtly sexual.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The research tracks what the Church has taught philosophically: pornography doesn\u2019t satisfy desire. It deforms it.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||40px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||10px||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”10px||10px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||10px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||10px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_divider color=”#EB7425″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ max_width=”50px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_id=”commongood” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” da_popup_slug=”commongood” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”20px||10px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” width=”70%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”2-1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” animation_delay=”200ms” da_popup_slug=”commongood” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_padding=”20px||20px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-neon-sign-for-adult-entertainment.jpg” alt=”Pornography is an enemy of the common good.” title_text=”A neon sign for adult entertainment” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”||30px” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”|||40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”0px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The common good is defined in Catholic Social Teaching as \u201cthe sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.\u201d <\/span>(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1906)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n No addiction system built around the commodification of human beings can be compatible with that vision.<\/strong><\/p>\n “Pornography and sadistic violence debase sexuality, corrode human relationships, exploit individuals \u2014 especially women and young people, undermine marriage and family life, foster anti-social behavior and weaken the moral fiber of society itself.” <\/span>(Pornography and Violence in the Communications Media, 10)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||30px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||30px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||10px||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-sign-for-a-strip-club-at-night.jpg” alt=”Pornography is one of the most corrosive forces now acting on that human environment.” title_text=”A sign for a strip club at night” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Catholic Social Teaching identifies the Human Environment<\/a> \u2014 the moral and cultural conditions in which persons grow and flourish \u2014 as deserving protection alongside the physical environment.<\/p>\n Pornography is one of the most corrosive forces now acting on that human environment. It debases sexuality, corrodes human relationships, exploits individuals\u2014especially women and young people, and undermines marriage and family life.<\/strong><\/p>\n Alongside consumerism<\/a> and alienation<\/a>, it is a structural pathology<\/a>: a system that does not merely tempt individuals but reshapes the cultural conditions within which all persons must live.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-teen-boy-staying-up-at-night-wearing-headphones-and-watching-a-screen.jpg” alt=”Pornography is teaching children a horrific view of sexuality.” title_text=”A teen boy staying up at night wearing headphones and watching a screen” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Perhaps the most urgent dimension of the pornography crisis is its effect on adolescents.<\/p>\n \u201cRights are at times reduced to self-centred demands<\/strong>: the growth of prostitution and pornography in the name of adult choice\u2026 When this happens, the very foundations of society begin to erode.\u201d (Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Recent survey data show how early this formation now begins: a nationally representative U.S. survey found the average age of first exposure to pornography is 12, with 15% of teens reporting exposure by age 10, and 52% of those exposed reporting they had seen violent content, including depictions of choking, rape, or someone in pain. (Common Sense Media, Teens and Pornography, 2023)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Today\u2019s generation of young people is, in many cases, receiving their primary sexual education not from family, school, or faith community, but from algorithmically optimized commercial platforms designed to maximize engagement through escalating shock.<\/p>\n The cause is not ignorance of the rules. It is that pornography has colonized the moral imagination before any other formation can take root.<\/p>\n The result, documented across multiple countries and studies, is a generation displaying more sexist attitudes than their parents and grandparents<\/strong> \u2014 despite decades of feminist gains and school programs on consent. See:
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||0px|” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nIt Perverts the Meaning of Sexuality<\/h2>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||0px|” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nIt Destroys Freedom<\/h2>\n
Life Without Truth: The Eclipse of the Sense of the Person<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201c[T]he systematic violation of the moral law\u2026 produces a kind of progressive darkening of the capacity to discern God\u2019s living and saving presence.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
Pope St. John Paul II, 21<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|on” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Behind-the-scenes-of-a-pornographic-photoshoot.jpg” alt=”Pornography reshapes the imagination and strips us from our ability to see the other person as worthy of love and self-giving.” title_text=”Behind the scenes of a pornographic photoshoot” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||20px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nLife Without Truth: The Eclipse of the Sense of the Person<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201c[T]he systematic violation of the moral law\u2026 produces a kind of progressive darkening of the capacity to discern God\u2019s living and saving presence.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
Pope St. John Paul II, 21<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
Pornography and the Common Good<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||10px|40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”0px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nThe Church consistently refuses to treat pornography as a merely private matter.<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||0px|” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nIt Is a Pathology of the Human Environment<\/h2>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||0px|” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nIt Corrupts the Formation of the Young<\/h2>\n