Atticus Finch Teaches a Lesson in Conscience Rights
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule,” he says in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, “is a person’s conscience.”
Results from Tag: 'conscience'
God Loves Justice and Hates Iniquity — So We Shall Not Despair
If Catholics forget these truths we will become like ”sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal,” and we will be empty-handed and defenseless in the upcoming final battle.
Cardinal Müller Looks at US Politics, the 2020 Election and Catholic Conscience
The prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith tells the Register that the Catholic Church must not only demand freedom of religion, she must also take up the task of demanding and promoting that politics be given a moral basis.
Archbishop Chaput: Abortion A Perverse ‘Sacrament’ for Democratic Party Leaders
Last week, facing criticism from fellow party members, Biden announced that he no longer supports the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of federal funds for abortions, with exceptions for rape, incest, and in cases that an abortion saves the life of the mother.
‘Amoris Laetitia,’ Malta and Conscience
COMMENTARY: According to the logic of the Maltese bishops and their defenders, in the area of sexuality subjective conscience can annul universal moral principles.
Senate Republicans Remove Religious-Liberty Amendment From Defense Bill
After backlash, the Russell Amendment was pulled from the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.
Presidential Politics and the Abolition of Truth
COMMENTARY: Despite what is being implied, there is nothing wrong with an interpretation of religion that demands ‘systematic thought.’
Election 2016 Catholic Voter Checklist
Advice for knowing the issues and the candidates and forming your conscience properly ahead of voting.
Election 2016: Calling for a Revolution of Conscience
EDITORIAL: St. John Paul’s parallel initiatives — a holistic vision of life that offers a path to real human fulfillment and so recovers the true dignity and meaning of the body and a revolution of conscience that places Christ and personal responsibility at its center — offer a blueprint for the moral and spiritual transformation that will make a healthy political culture possible.
