Dagny Kjaergaard Knew What to Do When Storms Came — Stand Fast, Be Faithful, and Bear Fruit a Hundredfold
A remembrance of Dagny Kjaergaard, who played an unseen but decisive role in the composition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Results from Tag: 'catechism of the catholic church'
Pressure Intensifies on Catholic Church to Change Teaching That Homosexuality Is ‘Intrinsically Disordered’
According to analysts, the continuing push to remove this phrasing from the Catechism of the Catholic Church is rooted in a broader campaign to legitimize homosexual acts.
How to Understand the Death Penalty and Development of Doctrine
COMMENTARY: One must respect the right of Rome to seek to abolish the death penalty, but one may also disagree as to whether this is a homogenous development of doctrine or merely a debate about circumstantial application of that doctrine.
Cardinal Kasper: Cardinal Müller’s Manifesto Spreads ‘Confusion and Division’
Cardinal Walter Kasper released criticism of four-page public testimony of fellow cardinal.
What Does the Magisterium Say About Capital Punishment?
COMMENTARY: History provides context for change, but questions on Paragraph 2267 seem to abound, and not unjustly.
Vatican Draft Alters Catechism Wording on Capital Punishment, Calling It ‘Inadmissible’
In a letter to bishops Aug. 2, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said, ‘The new revision ... situates itself in continuity with the preceding Magisterium while bringing forth a coherent development of Catholic doctrine.’
Scholars Debate Impact of Pope Francis’ Statement on Death Penalty
The Holy Father advised Oct. 11 that the Catechism of the Catholic Church should be revised to categorically prohibit capital punishment in all cases.
Pope’s Death Penalty Remarks Signal a New Approach to Development of Doctrine
NEWS ANALYSIS: What the Holy Father’s call for revision of the Catechism means for U.S. approach to criminal justice.
Pope Francis: ‘Death Penalty Is Inhumane Measure That Humiliates Human Dignity’
Holy Father addresses Oct. 11 conference marking the 25th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
