The answer is solidarity and subsidiarity, those two lynchpins of Catholic Social Thought.
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Catholic and Gay
Throughout those millennia the Christian response has remained the same.
What Can I do About Homosexuality?
We must be aware that “[a]s we proclaim the truth in love, it is not possible for us to avoid all criticism; nor is it possible to please everyone.”
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The USCCB lists 7 themes of Catholic social teaching. Are there seven themes? No. Let's break it down.
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In order to answer whether Jesus was a socialist, first, let's define socialism. Classic socialism, popularize by Karl Marx, is the economic system that can be seen as the transition between capitalism and communism.
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While U.S. Catholics are separated by thousands of miles, culture, and the night and day difference of war vs. peace, we must remember these Ukrainians and Russians victimized by war are our brothers and sisters. “True brotherhood among people presupposes and demands a transcendent Fatherhood.” (Pope Francis, 1)
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While inflation hurts us all, it is especially hard for the poor whose incomes fail to keep up with rising prices.
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Reigning from 2005-2013, Pope Benedict XVI gave of his many gifts—as a theologian, a scholar, and a man of faith—in service of the Church. His pontificate was not an easy one, confronted by many challenges with many issues needing to be addressed.
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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 in complementarity between a man and a woman which is constituted in the freely contracted and publicly expressed indissoluble bond of matrimony and is open to the transmission of life”. (Preamble, B., Charter of the Rights of the Family)