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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What is a Wholesome Culture?
Catholic social teaching makes a strong case that the culture in the United States is NOT wholesome.
10 Reasons Culture is in Crisis
Genuine freedom is not simply the ability to do whatever you want; it is the ability to choose the good.
Being made in the image of God means we share qualities with God! It implies we have a moral conscience, the capacity for understanding good…
"The first creation account shows the essential equality of men and women (cf. Gen 1:27-29)." (Pope Benedict XVI, 60)…
The Church sees a woman’s role as multifaceted and indispensable: equal in dignity to men, gifted with a “feminine genius”.…
"The challenge facing most societies is that of upholding, indeed strengthening, woman’s role in the family while at the same time making it possible for…
Despite what the sexual revolution promised, the actual result proved it was an "egregious event...on a scale unprecedented in history." (Pope Benedict XVI)…
Consumerism is deadly to a culture. It leads us to "shut out others" (Pope St. Paul VI) and "is a virus that tarnishes faith at…
The difference between appreciating another culture and appropriating it is often defined by relationships of power where the dominant culture ‘tramples’ on the minority.…
Catholic social teaching makes a strong case that the culture in the United States is NOT wholesome.…
Genuine freedom is not simply the ability to do whatever you want; it is the ability to choose the good.…
“[P]olitics and economy cannot be reduced to mere technical know-how bereft of ideals and unconcerned with the transcendent dimension of man…” (Pope Francis, 10)…
“Man remains above all a being who seeks the truth and strives to live in that truth…From this…the culture of a nation derives its character.”…
"By its very nature, pornography denies the genuine meaning of human sexuality". (Pope St. John Paul II, 2)…
Social justice is what results when “associations or individuals…obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation.”…
Social justice is what results when “associations or individuals…obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation.”…
Here is a list of family quotes, both long and short, from the Magisterium of the Church that never fail to inspire and encourage us.…
The family “exists prior to the State or any other community, and possesses inherent rights which are inalienable”. (Preamble, D., Charter of the Rights of…
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,…
“Catholic politicians and legislators...must...introduce and support laws inspired by values grounded in human nature.” (Pope Benedict XVI, 231)…
"The seventh commandment requires…respect for the right to private property". (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2401)…
Marriage cannot be redefined or expanded to include same-sex unions, "throuples", or any other thing it is not. Marriage is "that intimate union of life…
“Authentic human development concerns the whole of the person in every single dimension”. (Pope Benedict XVI)…
While alienation exists in different forms, “there is no worse form of alienation than to feel uprooted, belonging to no one.” (Pope Francis) What are…
Radical Secularism is driven by this skeptical relativism which basically holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. There’s just what I…
Pope St. John Paul II established the need to maintain a vibrant and critical interaction among economics, culture, and politics, emphasizing that culture is the…
