Intimacy not about sex, speaker tells Catholic singles' conference

Published: 2006-02-20

DENVER (CNS) -- Although 98 percent of pop culture references to intimacy today are about sex, intimacy is not about sex but about relationships -- not just between husband and wife but between friends, author and retreat leader Matthew Kelly told Catholic singles Feb. 10. "Sex doesn't mean intimacy, it doesn't guarantee intimacy, it isn't necessary for intimacy," he said at the second National Catholic Singles Conference, held Feb. 10-12 in Denver. Noting that half of all marriages end in divorce, Kelly told the crowd that what was missing in most of these relationships was a common underlying purpose. People know that their relationships can be better, but most don't have a clue as to how to begin, Kelly said.

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