LIVING THE LOVE STORY
Catholic Morality in the Modern World

Does morality matter any more and if so why? To listen to the modern media one would be led to the conclusion that it is all relative. A morality based on laws, on do’s and don’ts, doesn’t speak to our world today in which there is a disconnect between what we profess and how we live. And still we all know that for relationships to work on any level, there has to be some common understanding about what is right and what is wrong. The novelty of the approach used here is that it is an “issue-oriented” one placed in the context of the love relationship each one of us has with God and, ultimately, with one another. Complaints and common misconceptions about what the Catholic Church teaches regarding topics as varied as right-to-life issues to matters concerning honesty in our dealings with one another are aired and answered here in a way that will resonate with the grandparent discussing the Church with his or her adult child who has fallen away from the Church, to the Catholic in the workplace who is frustrated by hearing the “Catholic bashing” that goes on at luchtime and wants to know how to respond, or the college student who is trying to understand why they should remain Catholic when society tempts them to live otherwise. This work is for those with “faith seeking understanding,” specifically in regard to the Church’s teaching on matters of morality.

About the Author: A lay professor of moral theology at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he teaches undergraduate students, Catholic seminarians and a wide variety of adult audiences at both the parish and diocesan level, Dr. Christopher P. Klofft received his Doctorate of Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of America. His special love is in teaching “regular” Catholics, those with a profound love of the Church but not necessarily with a strong background in philosophy and theology. It was their questions and comments that have prompted the writing of this book.