Before we begin this episode, a content warning.

Father will be discussing topics of an adult nature.

While these are important issues and Catholics must be aware of the morality of these topics

and not just turned a blind eye to them,

this episode would not be suitable for young children.

And parents are encouraged to listen to this episode before prudentially judging

whether their older children

should listen along with them. We'll pause here for a few moments before beginning.

Welcome to the SSPX podcast, and this week we will be addressing the sensitive topic of pregnancies out of wedlock.

These occurrences, though hopefully rare, do happen, and Catholics should know how to address them prudently and in the light of Catholic moral teaching.

Moreover, out-of-wedlock pregnancies raise a host of questions, with the most prevalent

being, must the father and the mother of the child enter into marriage?

This was the main question from a listener which sparked this episode.

But Father Ian Palco and I will dive into some connected questions as well concerning the

relationship between unwed parents, their respective roles in a child's life, and how we as

Christians ought to treat them and their situation.

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Now let's join Father Ian Palco for Questions with Father.

Father Palco, it is great to have you back again. You and I were talking a little bit ahead of time.

It kind of seems like you are our go-to moral theologian. Whenever we have questions of this nature, you get the short end or long end of the stick, depending.

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