Inconsistencies in Catholic Social and Sexual Ethics: Towards a Reconciliation | CU Experts

Overview

There is a long-noted methodological and anthropological divide between Catholic social and sexual ethics. We argue in three cumulative sections that Pope Francis’ Amoris Laetitia moves towards a methodological and anthropological integration of Catholic social and sexual ethics. First, we explain several anthropological and methodological dimensions in Populorum Progressio and Catholic social teaching; second, we explain several anthropological and methodological dimensions in Catholic sexual teaching; finally, we demonstrate how Amoris Laetitia integrates and builds upon dimensions of both Catholic social and sexual methodologies and anthropologies.