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30 years on, the lessons of ‘Veritatis Splendor’ are being ignored

October 24, 2023

In her ground-breaking paper ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’ (1958), Elizabeth Anscombe famously stated “if someone really thinks, in advance, that it is open to question whether such an action as procuring the judicial execution of the innocent should be quite excluded from consideration – I do not want to argue with him; he shows a corrupt mind”. Her target

Seifert: Vatican’s pro-contraception theologian must ‘revoke his grave errors’ or resign

January 12, 2018

The philosopher, a former member of St John Paul II's pro-life academy, said that accepting Fr Chiodi's remarks would be a ‘betrayal’

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/09/17

September 13, 2017

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Catholics everywhere should be grateful for the four cardinals’ appeal

November 24, 2016

Abandoning a belief in absolute moral norms would be a catastrophe for the Church

Amoris Laetitia is destined to be forgotten

September 29, 2016

Its ambiguity cannot be retroactively clarified by private letters

Letters from the Synod: special edition, October 24

October 24, 2015

Reports and commentary, from Rome and elsewhere, on the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

The final question facing the synod fathers

October 23, 2015

A new proposal on conscience is a frontal assault on the teachings of Veritatis Splendor, Gaudium et Spes and Cardinal Newman

Letters from the Synod: October 9, 2015

October 09, 2015

Reports and commentary, from Rome and elsewhere, on the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops