(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 17 - Pope Francis warned the faithful
against indulging in pornography during a catechesis dedicated
to the vice of lust at his weekly general audience in the
Vatican on Wednesday
"Sexual pleasure, which is a gift from God, is undermined by
pornography," the pontiff said.
"Satisfaction without relationship can generate forms of
addiction.
"We must defend love.
"Winning the battle against lust, against the objectification of
other people, can be a lifelong undertaking".
The pope added that "chastity is a virtue that is not to be
confused with sexual abstinence.
"Chastity is beyond sexual abstinence. It is the will to never
possess the other person.
"To love is to respect the other, to seek his or her happiness,
to cultivate empathy for his or her feelings, to dispose
ourselves in the knowledge of a body, a psychology and a soul
that are not our own, and that must be contemplated for the
beauty they bear.
"To love is beautiful". (ANSA).
Pornography undermines sexual pleasure warns pope
Chastity not to be confused with sexual abstinence adds Francis