Zenit: Neocatechumenal Way Founder Awarded Doctorate

The Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family is awarding an honorary doctorate to Kiko Argüello, one of the initiators of the Neocatechumenal Way.

The institute, situated at Rome's Lateran University with other locations around the world, announced that on May 13 it will invest as doctors "Honoris Causa" both the Spanish founder, Francisco (Kiko) Argüello, and an Italian sociology professor, Pierpaolo Donati.

A statement from the institute notes that the contributions of both men to the field of family studies are valued as "authoritative references for its own teaching and research work."

The institute underlined "the strong commitment of the Neocatechumenal Way on family issues" by its emphasis on "the experience of the 'domestic celebration' with which it sends families on a mission."

It also pointed out the value of the lay group's "promotion, together with other ecclesiastical organizations, of major initiatives in support of the family," especially the "Family Day in Italy and the 2007 Feast of the Holy Family in Madrid."

Can ethics (and Οικονομικά) be built upon sociology? Or would that be fallacious? (But not necessarily the naturallistic fallacy.)