Articles on this issue "natural law"
Dr. Evelyn Livingston Billings died Saturday at age 95. Together with her husband, Dr. John Billings, she founded the method of natural fertility regulation that bears their name. Her studies …
read moreBenedict XVI believes that it is necessary to rediscover the value of natural law to lay the foundations of a much-needed universal ethics. The Pope said this today upon receiving members of …
read moreArchbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow has urged politicians and law officers to consider their responsibility to respect the natural law. The prelate made this appeal during a Mass on Sunday in …
read moreAmid trends to erase the divine imprint on marriage, the director of a symposium called the family "a juridical good to be protected." The congress was organized this month by the Regina …
read moreHere is the speech delivered in English by the theologian for the Pontifical Household, Dominican Father Wojciech Giertych, at the conclusion of the international congress on natural law …
read moreHere is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered Feb. 12 to the participants of the International Congress on Natural Law, organized by the Pontifical Lateran University of …
read moreBy Catherine Smibert Benedict XVI has been an eloquent defender of the institution of marriage and the family since the beginning of his pontificate. And now, thanks to L'Osservatore Romano, …
read moreIf natural law is not respected, then life, family and society become victims of ethical relativism, warns Benedict XVI. This was the Pope's message on receiving in audience today some 200 …
read moreThe most intolerant people think themselves tolerant, but their tolerance really only extends to things they embrace, says a political scientist in a new book on ethics, politics and rights. …
read moreThe natural law is the necessary guide for the disordered process of globalization, says the governor of the Bank of Italy. The Bank of Italy has a function similar to that of the U.S. Federal …
read moreJohn Paul II called for deeper understanding of the natural moral law as the indispensable condition for dialogue between the Church and the modern world. The Pope entrusted this task in …
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