1951. Law is a rule of conduct enacted by competent authority for the sake of the common good. The moral law presupposes the rational order, established among creatures for their good and to serve their...

1862 …although we can judge that an act is in itself a grave offense, we must entrust judgment of persons to the justice and mercy of God.

1877. The vocation of humanity is to show forth the image of God and to be transformed into the image of the Father’s only Son. This vocation takes a personal form since each of us...

1883. …The teaching of the Church has elaborated the principle of subsidiarity, according to which “a community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order,...

The Catholic wisdom of the people… provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life.

Make us love and obey you so that the works of our hands may always display what your hands have done, until we gaze upon the beauty of your face.

1868. Sin is a personal act. Moreover, we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them:by participating directly and voluntarily in them;by ordering, advising, praising, or approving them;by not...