Morality in the Catechism of the Catholic Church

A Guide prepared by Gerald Darring

    the sources of morality -- 1750-1754
    good acts and evil acts -- 1755-1756
    the natural moral law -- 1954-1960
    freedom -- 1731-1742
    passions and moral life -- 1767-1770
    the virtues -- 1803-1832

    moral life and the Magisterium of the Church -- 2032-2040
    the precepts of the Church -- 2041-2043
    moral life and missionary witness -- 2044-2046

    the judgment of conscience -- 1777-1782
    the formation of conscience -- 1783-1785
    to choose in accord with conscience -- 1786-1789
    erroneous judgment -- 1790-1794

    the reality of sin -- 386-387
    creation, physical evil, moral evil -- 310-311
    original sin -- 388-389, 396-412
    the definition of sin -- 1849-1851
    the different kinds of sin -- 1852-1853
    the gravity of sin: mortal and venial sins -- 1854-1864
    the proliferation of sin -- 1865-1869

    sins against faith -- 2088-2089
    sins against hope -- 2091-2092
    sins against God's love -- 2094

    mercy and sin -- 1846-1848
    Jesus invites sinners to the table of the kingdom -- 545
    Jesus' dealings with siners -- 588-589
    the Church gathers sinners -- 827
    the forgiveness of sins -- 976-983


    SPECIFIC MORAL ACTS AND ISSUES

    abortion -- 2270-2274
    abuse of God's name -- 2146
    adultery -- 2380-2381
    agnosticism -- 2127-2128
    anger -- 2302
    animal rights -- 2415-2418
    artificial insemination by donor -- 2376
    artificial insemination by husband -- 2377
    atheism -- 2123-2126
    birth control -- 2368-70
    blasphemy -- 2148
    business ethics -- 2409-2410, 2429-2430, 2432-2434
    child sexual abuse -- 2389
    civil disobedience -- 1903, 2242
    conscientious objection -- 2311
    cremation -- 2301
    death penalty -- 2266-2267
    discrimination -- 1935-1938, 2433
    divination and magic -- 2115-2117
    divorce and remarriage -- 1650, 2384
    divorce -- 1649, 2382-2386
    drug use -- 2291
    employment and unemployment -- 2427-2428, 2433, 2436
    environmental concern -- 373, 2415, 2432
    envy -- 2538-2540
    euthanasia -- 2276-2279
    fornication -- 2353
    gambling -- 2413
    genetic engineering -- 2275
    greed and avarice -- 2536
    hatred -- 2303
    homosexuality -- 2357-2359
    hunger -- 2269
    idolatry -- 2112-2114
    incest -- 2388
    intentional homicide -- 2268-2269
    living together outside of marriage -- 2390
    lust -- 2351
    mass on sunday -- 2175, 2181
    masturbation -- 2352
    medical and scientific experimentation on animals -- 2417
    military service -- 2310
    moral permissiveness -- 2526
    nonviolence -- 2306
    oaths -- 2149-55
    offenses against truth -- 2475-2487
    organ donation -- 2301
    organ transplants -- 2296
    polygamy -- 2387
    pornography -- 2354
    poverty -- 2443-2449, 2544-2547
    pre-marital sex -- 2350, 2353, 2391
    profits -- 2424, 2432
    promises -- 2147
    prostitution -- 2355
    rape -- 2356
    sacrilege -- 2120
    self-defense -- 2264
    sexism -- (369-372, 1577, 1605) 1935, 2433
    simony -- 2121
    slavery -- 2414
    strikes -- 2435
    suicide -- 2280-2283
    Sunday obligation -- 2180-2183
    supersittion -- 2111
    tempting God -- 2119
    theft -- 2408-2409
    war -- 2307-2317
    work on sunday -- 2185