text: The "seamless garment" (read: "consistent ethic of life") does not purport to be "Catholic teaching"; it's a way of organizing, presenting, understanding, talking about Catholic teaching -- something like using the shamrock (which has also not found its way into the catechism) to talk about the Trinity.
  
  <<You won't find "seamless garment" anywhere in the CCC.>>
  Absolutely true -- and utterly meaningless.