Reading Time: 7 minutes By Justin Chukwunonso Akubuilo, Fordham University 1.0. Introduction The Catholic Church has always claimed and maintained its authority on issues of morality and faith. She understands herself as entrusted with the task of safeguarding and transmitting the moral law revealed by God and inscribed in human nature. In this sense, the Church does not see her moral teachings as arbitrary rules imposed from outside human life, but rather as a faithful articulation of the truth