What is a Catholic Understanding of Romantic Love?
The Catholic understanding of romantic love is that eros — attraction, desire, the spark between two people — is genuinely good, created by God, and meant to draw you toward self-giving love. The Church does not suppress romance or treat passion as suspicious. She affirms it, names it, and shows you where it’s actually meant to go: toward the total, free, faithful, and fruitful gift of yourself to another person. Catholic romantic love isn’t less passionate than the world’s version. It’s more. ...