“The subjectification of the conscience is a serious mistake in our time", went on card. Barragan, mentioning some writings by the then card. Ratzinger. “Nowadays he added , one tends to canonise relativist subjectivism, which does not respond to superior aspirations of a theological-spiritual nature. But identifying the conscience with a superficial knowledge does not free one, but enslaves one”. According to the president of the Papal Council for the Pastoral of Health, Christianity has a key role to play in the cultural sphere, since "the Christian truth exceeds all cultures but does not rule them out. Actually Christianity is not exactly a European or a Semitic culture, but in fact it is a dislodgement from all cultures". "Because of its participation in the divine filiation, Christianity transcends the temporal and spatial categories. In this light, the role of the Magisterium of the Church is to permanently enlighten life. The Christian conscience materialises in the different components of God’s people in its entirety, so that the task of the Magisterium is to discern the different charismas", while relying "on the very Spirit that works to extend and unify the Church”.
