Morality

What does the Catholic Church teach about the nature of morality?

Catholicism teaches that morality is objective — that is, there are absolute moral truths. Thus, certain actions can be said to be "intrinsically evil" — that is, morally wrong in all cases, regardless of the circumstances.

The Church rejects the notion of subjective morality, also called moral relativism or simply relativism, which asserts that moral truths are relative and depend, for instance, on the prevailing culture.