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By John M. Grondelski, Daily Compass, May 5, 2025
Over the past 12 years, a misguided pastoral approach has reduced objective moral norms to distant ideals to be aspired to (at best). The next pontificate must rediscover them, starting from the primacy of conversion.
As the cardinals prepare to enter conclave to elect Francis’s successor, they need to assess the state of the Church. One area deserving highlight is moral theology, a field whose renewal Vatican II called for (Optatam totius, 16) but which, for various reasons, has arguably been impeded by various fits and starts.
In searching for the next Pope, these are some considerations from moral theology I propose deserve deep and sustained attention.
The Primacy of Conversion
Mark’s Gospel, which lacks an infancy narrative and begins directly with the beginnings of Jesus’s public ministry starts out with conversion. It is the leitmotif of John the Baptist’s call (1:4), which is presented as already foretold by the prophets (quoting Isaiah in vv. 2-3). John’s summons is repeated in the very first words spoken by Jesus: “The kingdom of heaven is at hand! Repent …” (1:15). …
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