By Fr Raymond de Souza, Catholic Herald - Veritatis Splendor rejected at length the objections that Paul VI faced in his time, namely that in teaching the truth about the moral law, the Church was lacking in compassion and in respect for freedom... “Genuine understanding and compassion must mean love for the person, for his true good, for his authentic freedom,” wrote John Paul in Veritatis Splendor. “And this does not result, certainly, from concealing or weakening moral truth, but rather proposing it in its most profound meaning.”