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Cultural Appropriation and Catholic Social Teaching

The difference between appreciating another culture and appropriating it is often defined by relationships of power where the dominant culture ‘tramples’ on the minority.

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Types of Families and New Definitions
All, Culture, The Family and Marriage
The Synod on Family, called by Pope Francis, reported the "the family, the basic human community, is painfully being weakened". (Synod Report to Pope Francis, 10)
Catholics must participate in politics because politics is charity.
A Divided Government and the Political Divide
All, Culture, Government and Politics
“Catholic politicians and legislators...must...introduce and support laws inspired by values grounded in human nature.” (Pope Benedict XVI, 231)
The Rise of Shoplifting
All, Culture, Right to Private Property
"The seventh commandment requires…respect for the right to private property". (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2401)

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