The exotic contents of Mystical Passion: spirituality and sensuality written 25 years ago by now-Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández have been well covered in the Catholic press by now.
Responses have ranged from a mixture of horror at what appears to be an exercise in theological pornography at one end, to at the other, a sympathetic reminder that sex and spirituality have always had a complex relationship and theologians are entitled to explore the area without prudish hyper sensitivity inhibiting them.
