Contemporary Issues
"What must be done in any given situation depends on the circumstances, not all of which can be foreseen; on the other hand there kinds of behaviour which can never, in any situation, be a proper response - a response which is in conformity with the dignity of the person." (Veritatis splendor, 52)
"Whatever is opposed to life itself, such as any type of murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia or wilful self-destruction, whatever violates the integrity of the human person, such as mutilation, torments inflicted on body or mind, attempts to coerce the will itself; whatever insults human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children; as well as disgraceful working conditions, where men are treated as mere tools for profit, rather than as free and responsible persons; all these things and others of their like are infamies indeed." (Gaudium et spes, 27)
"Education includes encouraging the responsible use of freedom to face issues with good sense and intelligence. It involves forming persons who readily understand that their own lives and the lives of the community are in their hands and that freedom itself is a great gift." (Amoris laetitia, 262)
References:
Pope Francis. (2016). Amoris Laetitia [Post - Synodal Apostolic Exhortation]. Accessed October 15, 2018 from
Pope John Paul II. (1993). Veritatis Splendor [Papal Encyclical] . Accessed 15 October, 2018 from
Pope Paul VI. (1965). Gaudium et Spes [Pastoral Constitution on The Church In The Modern World]. Promulgated by His Holiness, Pope Paul Vi On December 7, 1965, Accessed
September 14, 2018 from http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html