By Deacon Göran Fäldt, National Catholic Register - It is, I believe, the process of reducing the human and societal importance of human conscience that causes most of the ethical problems in today’s society. Now if the Church becomes more like ”sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal,” as St. Paul has it (1 Corinthians 13:1), we will be empty-handed and defenseless in the upcoming final battle. But we will never be dependent on violence or any single bullet. We have conscience as the most valuable gift of God to live the Kingdom of Christ in this world and be given everlasting bliss in the heavenly world to come.