The Dignity of Moral Conscience

The Dignity of Moral Conscience (from The Church in the Modern World, No. 16) 16. In the depths of his conscience, man detects a law which he does not impose upon himself, but which holds him to obedience. Always summoning him to love good and avoid evil, the voice of...

The Teaching of the Church Fathers on Abortion

Teaching of the Church Fathers on Abortion Search by Church Father — Athenagoras (A.D. 177–while defending Christians against murder charges): “What reason would we have to commit murder when we say that women who induce abortions are murderers, and...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Moral Conscience

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Moral Conscience 1776 Deep within his conscience man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey.  Its voice ever calling him to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil, sounds in his...