Pope Francis’ way of doing ecclesial ethics is not easy to understand at first glance. It is often unconventional and does not meet the expectations of the faithful who do not wish to see changes in the church, nor does it satisfy those who want rapid change. But if we look more closely at how the Pope understands the church, his approach to ecclesial ethics seems to derive naturally from that. The following contribution aims to show how Pope Francis’ ecclesiology determines his approach to ecclesial ethics. To this end, it will (1) summarize important characteristics of his ecclesiology: the sensus fidelium and synodality; its orientation towards pastoral ministry, the focus on unity in plurality and its process-orientation. From there, it will show which cornerstones for ecclesial ethics can be derived from this ecclesial perspective, namely (2) with respect to formal characteristics and (3) with regard to its content.

教宗方济各处理教会伦理的方式乍一看并不容易理解。它往往是非常规的，不符合那些不希望看到教会发生变化的信徒的期望，也不能满足那些想要快速变化的人。但是，如果我们更仔细地观察教皇如何理解教会，他对教会伦理的态度似乎自然而然地源于此。以下贡献旨在展示教宗方济各的教会学如何决定他对待教会伦理的方法。为此，它将 (1) 总结他的教会学的重要特征：sensus fidelium和会合；它以牧灵事工为导向，注重多元化的统一及其过程导向。从那里，它将显示教会伦理的哪些基石可以从这种教会的角度推导出来，即（2）关于形式特征和（3）关于其内容。