Among the gravest sins condemned in Catholic moral theology is the sin of scandal, yet many Catholics today scarcely consider it at all or possess only a very poor understanding of what the sin truly entails.>At best, many have a vague notion that scandal simply means behaving badly in front of others or setting a poor moral example. If a priest were seen slipping into the local pub every morning at ten o’clock and emerging only in the late afternoon, most Catholics would immediately recognize that such conduct causes scandal. They would understand instinctively that his behavior weakens respect for the priesthood, damages souls, and encourages irreverence.>Yet there exists another form of scandal far more serious in our present age, one that many otherwise serious and faithful Catholics commit regularly without recognizing its gravity. This form of scandal does not merely weaken moral discipline and endanger souls doctrinally and spiritually, worse still, it undermines the Catholic counter-revolution and assists the ongoing revolution against the Kingship of Christ.

Originally published in Radical Fidelity. Read original article