Posts Tagged ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’
“Intrinsically evil” acts: A consistent if perhaps challenging Catholic social morality
In 1993 The Catholic Church came out with the new Catechism of the Catholic Church. Preempting this resource Pope John Paul II also wrote the encyclical Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth) on the topic of Catholic morality. The challenge at the time and still today is that aspects of Catholic moral theology are in ... Read more
The “Consistent Ethic of Life” within the Global Economy: Chapter 2 of Caritas In Veritate
“Charity in Truth” is the latest encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI. This encyclical continues the tradition of Catholic Social Thought by addressing the issue of the Global Economic Crisis, Development, and Poverty. Yet there is a marked difference in this social encyclical that we who are Catholics in America need to attentive to. Pope Benedict ... Read more