Vatican | New directory for catechesis emphasizes “intrinsic and inalienable dignity” of every human person
Vatican releases Catholic directory for catechesis in ‘dynamic continuity’ with Church teaching About the death penalty, the directory emphasizes the “intrinsic and inalienable dignity” of every human person, and references the teaching of recent popes, especially Pope Francis’ 2018 change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church which declared the death penalty “inadmissible.” The Vatican Thursday published a new directory for catechesis, emphasizing both its continuity with two previous directories and its new content on contemporary issues such as sex and gender and medical advancements. “The new Directory for Catechesis offers the fundamental theological-pastoral principles and some general orientations which are relevant for the practice of catechesis in our time,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella wrote in the introduction to the directory. The directory was released in Italian June 25. It will be published in the major global languages. Fisichella is presiden...