El Vínculo del Amor (Spanish)

Description

Marriage, family life, and sexuality have undergone profound changes since the nineteenth century, brought about by various social and cultural factors. Large sectors of the population in the Western world now hold views on marital morality and sexual ethics that differ greatly from the values and norms upheld by the Church. Many people wonder, for example, why Catholic moral teaching insists on understanding marriage as a bond between a man and a woman.
In these pages, the author presents and explains the Church’s teaching on marital morality and sexual ethics. Contrary to popular belief, the Church’s teaching on moral action is not based on mere “rules” or “commandments,” but on its understanding of the human person—a vision ultimately rooted in Sacred Scripture and Tradition.

The Author

Willem Jacobus Eijk was born in Duivendrecht (Netherlands).
In 1978 he graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Amsterdam, and in 1985 he was ordained a priest. He earned a doctorate in Medical Bioethics in 1987 and another in Philosophy in 1989 from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. He has taught moral theology at the Faculty of Theology in Lugano and has served as a member of the International Theological Commission.In 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, in 2007 Archbishop of Utrecht, and in 2011 President of the Bishops’ Conference of the Netherlands. In 2012 Pope Benedict XVI created him Cardinal.