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2352 by masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. Both the magisterium of the church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely. To answer this, let us look, first of all, at the churchs teaching. In 1975, the congregation for the doctrine of the faith issued a declaration on certain problems of sexual ethics, and it is this document that the catechism of the catholic church quotes regarding this issue. Both the magisterium of the church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have. Among the worlds religions, views on masturbation vary widely. Some religions view it as a spiritually detrimental practice, some see it as not spiritually detrimental and others take a situational view. Among these latter religions, some view masturbation as allowable if used as a means towards sexual self-control, or as part of healthy self-exploration, but disallow it if it is done with. The catechism defines masturbation here, in fact two times, as the deliberate stimulation of the genitals in order to derive sexual pleasure. Consequently, masturbation is a sin against the sixth commandment, because it violates the god-inscribed unbreakable bond between the love-giving and life-giving aspects of the marital act (see ccc 2366-70). Instead of the intimate and mutual self-giving that is the hallmark of the marital act, masturbationand whether within marriage or. every catholic, be definition, aside from our blessed lord and his mother, are sinners. I obviously cannot answer for every catholic, but i studied moral theology in the seminary, and i know from our blessed lady that most people end up in hell b. 65 people replies to 4 out of 5 catholic men confess this sin june 21, 2019 at 907 am. I have been a catholic my entire life, attending catholic grammar school, high school and college. I have heard just about every official catholic viewpoint on masturbation. Masturbation is a sin in catholicism (because its not reproductive), but most catholics still do it. In our religion textbook, the section on masturbation claimed, direct quote, masturbation causes physical and emotional wounds. compulsive masturbation can sometimes be a problem - but not because it is masturbation - but because of the compulsive element. We really have to put an end to this awful preoccupation we catholics and christians seem to have about sex. We really need to understand that god is far more worried about war, world hunger, natural disasters.