conscience
Conscience vs. authority at Pope Francis’ Synod on the Family (ANALYSIS)
By Jacob Lupfer — October 14, 2014
(RNS) The conflict between conscience and authority is the pre-eminent battle underlying the debates at the Vatican's Synod on the Family.
ANALYSIS: Pope Francis’ outreach to atheists not as controversial as it seems
By David Gibson — September 12, 2013
(RNS) Worried observers could have mistaken Pope Francis' pastoral gesture to atheists as an effort to dilute the gospel rather than what he really intended -- an evangelical outreach intended to bring nonbelievers closer to Christ.
Pope Francis tells atheists to ‘obey their conscience’
By Alessandro Speciale — September 11, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pope's letter is especially notable for its open and honest assessment of the spiritual state of nonbelievers, and for seeming to open the door to the idea that notions of sin, conscience and forgiveness can be decided outside of the Catholic Church.
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