Det är förmodligen många som föreställer sig att religiöst motiverad etik är någonting statiskt och orörligt. Så är det kanske särskilt med katolsk etik. De flesta föreställer sig att katolsk etik formas ovanifrån, av påven och biskopskollegiet och att kyrkans medlemmar sedan måste rätta sig efter detta utan tillstymmelse till inflytande. Är det så? I denna uppsats undersöks relationen mellan de religiösa idealen och de pastorala problemen i syfte att se hur teori och praxis samverkar i formerandet av den katolska etiken. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten för arbetet är de fyra modeller för hur teori och praxis påverkar varandra som Niclas Lindström lyfter fram. Det material som undersöks är den katolska kyrkans nyligen utgivna post-synodala exhortation Amoris Laetitia, som översatt till svenska kan kallas ”Kärlekens glädje”. Genom att undersöka vilka ideal, problem och åtgärder som nämns i exhortationen och genom att jämföra undersökningen med tidigare forskning om doktrinär utveckling inom den katolska kyrkan mynnar arbetet ut i en slutsats: Katolsk etik utvecklas och förtydligas långsamt genom att biskoparna fastställer läror utifrån teologiska ideal, i frågor som de vanliga medlemmarna sätter på agendan utifrån pastorala problem. Slutligen presenteras förslag på hur lärare i religionskunskap kan använda sig av uppsatsen i sitt arbete på ett sätt som uppfyller Skolverkets mål. / There are probably many people who imagine that religiously motivated ethics are static and immobile. That is probably an especially common thought when Catholic ethics are mentioned. Most people imagine that Catholic ethics is formed from above, by the Pope and the college of bishops, and that Church members have to comply with it without a shred of influence. Is this true? This paper (in swedish) examines the relationship between religious motivated ideals and pastoral problems, aiming to find out how theory and practice interact in the formation of Catholic ethics. The theoretical starting point for this paper is four models presented by Niclas Lindström that describe four ways that theory and practice interact. The material being investigated is the Catholic Church's recent post-synodal exhortation Amoris Laetitia, in english "The joy of love". By examining the ideals, problems and proposed actions mentioned in the exhortation, and by comparing the study to previous research regarding doctrinal development within the Catholic Church, a conclusion is made: Catholic ethics is developed and clarified slowly. The bishops are finalizing teachings based on theological ideals, in matters that their members have put on the agenda based on their pastoral problems. Finally, suggestions are presented regarding how school teachers that teach religious studies can make use of the paper in his or her work, in a way that meets the Swedish National Agency goals.

La familia, es el núcleo de la sociedad, donde los cónyuges se encuentran en armonía par formar adecuadamente a los hijos; pero en la actualidad se observa la aparición de concepciones erróneas de la familia y formas de vida que no se enfocan en un amor conyugal sino en la búsqueda de momentos hedonistas. La presente investigación tiene como objetivo principal: Elaborar un programa formativo siguiendo los lineamientos de la Exhortación Apostólica Amoris Laetitia para fortalecer el amor conyugal en padres de familia de la I.E. Juan XXIII. La investigación es de tipo cuantitativa, de nivel descriptivo y estuvo conformada por una muestra de 76 padres de familia, a quienes se les aplicó el instrumento denominado “Encuesta sobre el amor conyugal” en la cual se consideraron 25 ítems orientados a medir 6 dimensiones: Sacrificio, respeto, comunicación, atención, espiritualidad, tolerancia en situaciones conflictivas. El instrumento utilizado fue validado y contextualizado a la muestra de estudio. Luego de analizar los resultados, se obtuvo que el 3.95% de los participantes se encuentran en un nivel muy malo, el 7.89% en un nivel malo, el 40.79% son indiferentes y el 47.37% en un nivel bueno. Es por ello que, ante las problemáticas encontradas, se planteó un programa formativo dirigido a fortalecer el amor conyugal, siguiendo los lineamientos de Amoris Laetitia y el cual consiste en 10 sesiones de aprendizaje. / The family is the nucleus of society, where spouses are in harmony to properly educate their children; But currently it is observed that people are assuming erroneous conceptions of the meaning of family since they no longer focus on conjugal love but, on the contrary, only on the search for hedonistic moments. The main objective of this research is: To develop a training program following the guidelines of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia to strengthen conjugal love in parents of the I.E. John XXIII. The research is quantitative, descriptive level and was made up of a sample of 76 parents, to whom the instrument called “Survey on conjugal love” was applied, of which 25 items were considered aimed at measuring 6 dimensions: Sacrifice, respect, communication, attention, spirituality, tolerance in conflictive situations. The instrument used was validated and contextualized to the study sample. After analyzing the results, it was found that 3.95% of the participants are at a very bad level, 7.89% at a bad level, 40.79% are indifferent and 47.37% at a good level. That is why, given the problems encountered, a training program was proposed aimed at strengthening conjugal love, following the guidelines of Amoris Laetitia and which consists of 10 learning sessions.

The thesis deals with the problematics of a family in relation to the Amoris laetitia document with regard to social work. The thesis reflects transformation of a family recorded by empirical sciences, as well as transformation of the concept of a family from a Christian perspective. It monitors pathological phenomena associated with the environment of a family and offers possible solutions to individual sociopathological phenomena from a social worker's position inspired by the Amoris laetitia document. Finally, the thesis presents incentives that this document provides for social work.