Called to Conscience.

CONSCIENCE & religion; CHRISTIAN ethics; CATHOLIC authors; WORLD War II & collective memory; CONFESSION (Christianity); HUMILITY in religion; UNITED States history; INTERPERSONAL relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; MORAL development; CHRISTIANITY

The article discusses the development of a moral conscience from a Roman Catholic perspective. Topics include the role of conscience in Europe in relation to collective memory of World War II, the confession of sin as an aspect of conscience, and the relation of conscience to interpersonal relations and humility. The article discusses U.S. historical events such as slavery, the civil rights movement, and the killing of civilians in World War II in relation to conscience.