Thus, to cite an especially current example, homosexuality becomes an inalienable right. On the contrary, its full recognition appears to be an aspect of human liberation. There are, however, other consequences of this uprooting of the human person in the depth of his nature. The now dominant mentality attacks the very foundations of the morality of the Church, which, as I have already said, if she remains true to herself, risks appearing like an anachronistic construct, a bothersome, alien body. Thus today the sphere of moral theology has become the main locus of the tensions between Magisterium and theologians, especially because here the consequences are most immediately perceptible.
Masturbation is presented as a normal phenomenon of adolescence.
Admission of remarried divorced couples to the sacraments is constantly demanded. Even as regards the question of homosexuality, attempts at its justification are in the making. Then there is the case of Humanae vitae, the encyclical of Paul VI, which reaffirmed the 'no' to contraceptives and which has not been understood. Instead it has been more or less openly rejected in broad ecclesial circles. At first sight it seems that the demands of radical feminism in favor of a total equality between man and woman are extremely noble and, at any rate, perfectly reasonable.