“Marriage…transcends the feelings and momentary needs of the couple…it is not born ‘of loving sentiment, but from the depth of the obligation'” (Pope Francis)
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What is Ecology?
When the Church speaks of ecology, she is referencing the relationship between us and our physical environment and our human environment.
Social Justice Issues and CST
Social justice is what results when “associations or individuals…obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation.”
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The practice of Catholic social teaching is both personal and spiritual. “Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.” Pope Francis
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“Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.” Charity requires engaging, directly, those around us who are in need.
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Social justice is what results when “associations or individuals…obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation.”
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Can women be ordained? The Catechism gives the simplest answer (CCC, 1577)“Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination. The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry
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When a firm makes a profit, this means that productive factors have been properly employed and corresponding human needs have been duly satisfied.” (Centesimus Annus, 35)
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Just as “Christian charitable activity must be independent of parties and ideologies” (Pope Benedict XVI) Catholic social teaching is not an endorsement of or for any political teaching.