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Abstinence and Chastity

Resources

  • 10 1/2 Reasons to be Chaste
  • Pre-Marital Sex Harms Future Marriage
  • Friends' Religiosity Associated with Delayed First sex of Religious and Secular Youth
  • Virginity during teen years associated with decreases likelihood of divorce later in life
  • Abstinent teens enjoy greater academic success
  • Religious views and parental attitudes reduce adolescent sex
  • Moms' relationship crucial to teen daughter's sex decision
  • Abstinence-only programs effective in protecting teens from consequences of unwed sex
  • Success: More Teens Are Abstaining From Sex Than in the 90s
  • Stepfathers influence their stepson’s likelihood of engaging in sexual activity
  • Females with history of casual sex report most depressive symptoms
  • Teens who have sex at an early age increase their risk of delinquency
  • Chaste teens significantly less likely to be depressed

Latest news

Pope Leo XIV speaks to patients and caregivers at the De La Croix Hospital in Jal el Dib, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV warns against destructive spiral of autonomous weapons and escalation

Pope Leo XIV holds up a tennis racket given to him by children of the Pope Paul VI Pontifical School in Castel Gandolfo on Dec. 16, 2025.

Pope Leo makes surprise visit to children’s Christmas concert at Castel Gandolfo school

Mass at Arizona State University’s Newman Center chapel.

Sacramental encounters will help people stay in Church, fulfill spiritual needs, apologist says

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Dec. 18, 2025, that eases federal marijuana regulations amid support from the cannabis industry but opposition from some Catholic and conservative groups.

Trump eases marijuana regulations amid industry backing, Catholic concerns

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Advocates push EPA to include abortion drugs on list of drinking water contaminants

The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

European Parliament backs abortion fund resolution amid Catholic criticism

President Donald J. Trump watches as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, speaks after being sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

HHS announces actions to restrict ‘sex-rejecting procedures’ on minors

The Michigan capitol building in Lansing.

Federal court allows Michigan therapists to counsel children claiming to be opposite sex

Pope Leo XIV passes through the Holy Door carrying the jubilee cross as he leads the pilgrimage of the Holy See on June 9, 2025.

Countdown to the closing of the jubilee: When, who will close the Holy Doors in Rome?

New York Archbishop-elect Ronald Hicks and Cardinal Timothy Dolan hold a press conference at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Dec. 18, 2025, in New York City.

UPDATE: New York’s new archbishop-designate vows to ‘serve faithfully’ while remaining a Cubs fan

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