Gloria.TV News on the 9th of October 2014
In their discussions of sexual ethics, participants at the synod on the family have given emphasis to the concept of “graduality,” as a way of thinking about morality. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, told reporters that the “law of graduality” is a “law of pastoral moral theology which permits people, to take one step at a time in our search for holiness in our lives.” The cardinal, who attended the 1980 synod as a priest assisting a participating bishop, recalled that St. John Paul II had made an important distinction. “He said, yes, there is a law of graduality, but it should not be confused with a graduality of the law. So it’s not as if there’s one law at this time in your life and another law later in your life, but there is a pathway on which we’ll walk. So, the teaching of the Church is consistent ”
The current Extraordinary Synod of Bishops gathered in the Vatican concludes on October 19 with the beatification of Paul VI, the …More