St. John Paul II’s “Veritatis Splendor” views the moral life through the lens of the rich young man, who comes to Christ asking what he must do to inherit eternal life.
‘What must I do?’ Living ‘Veritatis Splendor” and the beauty of the moral life
Doctrine must be safeguarded by discernment, faith, pope says
Discernment also is needed to fight against “abuses of every kind,” the pope said Jan. 21 during an audience with the cardinals, bishops, priests and laypeople who were taking part in the doctrinal congregation’s plenary assembly.