The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation. (Pope Benedict XVI)

The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation.

Pope Benedict XVI

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