We are speaking of true loneliness, of alienation. So, what is true loneliness? “Man is alienated when he is detached from reality, when he stops thinking and believing in a foundation.” (Pope Benedict XVI, 53)
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The Catholic Response to Gender Dysphoria
Those with gender dysphoria need nothing less than our Lord’s love. “[T]he love of our Lord must always be made accessible,” and we “have no other objective than to arrive at love”. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 25)
Scientific Reasons Against Abortion
“Sometimes we hear people say, ‘You Catholics do not accept abortion; it’s a problem with your faith’. No, the problem is pre-religious. Faith has nothing to do with it.” Pope Francis
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Catholic Social Doctrine has its place where faith and politics meet. The Church’s aim is to not replace the State, but to simply help purify reason and to contribute, here and now, to the acknowledgment and attainment of what is just.
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Solidarity and Subsidiarity are both born in and expressions of human dignity and both are absolutely central to the implementation of Catholic social doctrine. You can’t have one without the other!
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Are any of these wages just? In 2020 Tim Cook was paid approximately $238 million as Apple’s CEO, Alex Rodriguez was paid $32 million as the New York Yankee’s third baseman, Ann Snyder was paid $47,500 as a market researcher for a restaurant supply house, and Jason Alexander was paid $13,220 as a cashier at the Burger Palace restaurant.
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Consumerism arises from a misunderstanding about the meaning of life and the real source of human happiness: It is an addiction to buying things, to spending money, as a solution to the lack of happiness and peace in one’s life, in one’s family.
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A spirited political debate is taking shape around the world. The issue is whether wealth redistribution or wealth creation should be the more important consideration driving national policies.
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Catholic social teaching places economic freedom parallel to political freedom.