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align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;20px||&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Act Specifically&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every state has the obligation to <strong>defend <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>the <\/strong><\/span><b>right to form a family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026established in marriage between a man and a woman<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060908_ambassador-chile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;29px||&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">&#8220;All<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> those\u2026who exercise influence over communities and social groups should <\/span><strong>work efficiently for the welfare<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span>marriage and the family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;\u00a0<span><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 52)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The institutional value of <\/span><strong>marriage should be upheld<\/strong> by the public authorities&#8221;. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/family\/documents\/rc_pc_family_doc_19831022_family-rights_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Article 1, c, Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">&#8220;States<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are called to <\/span><b>enact<\/b> <b>policies<\/b><strong> promoting the centrality<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span>integrity<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span>family <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">founded on marriage between a man and a woman, the primary vital cell of society&#8221;.<\/span> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 44)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Read More&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; module_class=&#8221;hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||on|||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; title_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px|||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>family<\/b><strong> has a right to assistance<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> by society<\/strong> in the bearing and rearing of children.<\/span>&#8221;\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/family\/documents\/rc_pc_family_doc_19831022_family-rights_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Article 3, c, Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; 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custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Proactively&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States must <b>guarantee<\/b><strong> all the support<\/strong>, including economic support, which families need<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 94<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;bullets-module&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px|||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;[T]he State\u2026<strong>must<\/strong> <b>protect the family<\/b> through measures of a political, economic, social and juridical character, which aim at consolidating the unity and stability of the family so that it can exercise its specific function&#8221;.\u00a0<span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/family\/documents\/rc_pc_family_doc_19831022_family-rights_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Preamble, I., Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;[P]ublic authorities <strong>must <\/strong><\/span><b>do everything<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> possible<\/strong> to ensure that families have all those aids &#8211; economic, social, educational, political and cultural assistance-that they need in order to face <\/span>all <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their <\/span>responsibilities<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a human way.&#8221;\u00a0<span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 45)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T]he family urgently needs to be helped and supported.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 94)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; 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custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">And with Limited Intervention!<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are \u201cnecessary limits to the State\u2019s intervention\u2026inasmuch as the State exists in order to <b>protect their rights and not stifle them<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 11<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#084369&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span>&#8220;The <strong>family<\/strong> [is] <strong>older<\/strong> <strong>than<\/strong> the <strong>state<\/strong>&#8230;<strong>No human law can abolish<\/strong> the natural and original right of <strong>marriage<\/strong>, <strong>nor<\/strong> in any way <strong>limit<\/strong> the chief and <strong>principal purpose<\/strong> of marriage ordained by God&#8217;s authority from the beginning: \u2018Increase and multiply\u2019.\u201d <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIII, 12)<\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;[T]he State <strong>cannot and must not take away<\/strong> from families the functions that they can just as well perform on their own or in free associations&#8221;. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 45)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[T]he State must <\/span><strong>not absorb<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> the individual or the family<\/strong>; both should be allowed <\/span>free<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and untrammeled <\/span>action<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so far as is consistent with the <\/span>common good&#8221;.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIII, 35)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Read More&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; module_class=&#8221;hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||on|||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; title_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; 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<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_letters\/2002\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 6)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If there is a lack of respect for the right to life and to a natural death, if human conception, gestation and birth are made artificial, if human embryos are sacrificed to research, the conscience of <strong>society ends up losing the concept of human ecology<\/strong> and, along with it, that of environmental ecology.&#8221; <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 51)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;95px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||11px|||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; 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custom_margin=&#8221;||10px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;100ms&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>FAQs<\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Q: What rights do families have?&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; module_class=&#8221;bullets-module&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#084369&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;50ms&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>A: <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, Familiaris Consortio, 46<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to exist and progress as a family, that is to say, the right of every human being, even if he or she is poor, to found a family and to have adequate means to support it;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to exercise its responsibility regarding the transmission of life and to educate children; family life;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to the intimacy of conjugal and family life;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to the stability of the bond and of the institution of marriage;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to believe in and profess one&#8217;s faith and to propagate it;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to bring up children in accordance with the family&#8217;s own traditions and religious and cultural values, with the necessary instruments, means and institutions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right, especially of the poor and the sick, to obtain physical, social, political and economic security;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to housing suitable for living family life in a proper way;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to expression and to representation, either directly or through associations, before the economic, social and cultural public authorities and lower authorities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to form associations with other families and institutions, in order to fulfill the family&#8217;s role suitably and expeditiously;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to protect minors by adequate institutions and legislation from harmful drugs, pornography, alcoholism, etc.;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to wholesome recreation of a kind that also fosters family values;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right of the elderly to a worthy life and a worthy death;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>the right to emigrate as a family in search of a better life.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Q: What else must the state do in support of the family?&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; module_class=&#8221;bullets-module&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;100ms&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The political community has a duty to honor the family, to assist it, and to ensure especially:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the freedom to establish a family, have children, and bring them up in keeping with the family&#8217;s own moral and religious convictions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the protection of the stability of the marriage bond and the institution of the family;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the freedom to profess one&#8217;s faith, to hand it on, and raise one&#8217;s children in it, with the necessary means and institutions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to private property, to free enterprise, to obtain work and housing, and the right to emigrate;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in keeping with the country&#8217;s institutions, the right to medical care, assistance for the aged, and family benefits;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the protection of security and health, especially with respect to dangers like drugs, pornography, alcoholism, etc.;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the freedom to form associations with other families and so to have representation before civil authority. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7T.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2211)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Four Pathologies<\/span><\/h1>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>The Church\u00a0<\/span><b>identifies four dangers or major \u2018risks and problems\u2019<\/b><span>\u00a0eating away at the cultural, economic, and political systems\u00a0<\/span><b>and begins to identify how to cure them<\/b><span>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_slider show_image_video_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Pathology Widget&#8221; module_id=&#8221;issues-slider&#8221; module_class=&#8221;three-principles&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#084369&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#084369&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;750ms&#8221; custom_css_slide_image=&#8221;width: 300px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;&#8221; global_module=&#8221;30885&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Consumerism&#8221; button_link=&#8221;\/consumerism\/&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon3.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;\/consumerism\/&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>\u201cThe exclusive pursuit of material possessions prevents man&#8217;s growth as a human being and stands in opposition to his true grandeur.\u201d\u00a0<span class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 19)<\/span> A person who is concerned solely or primarily with possessing and enjoying \u2013 who can no longer subordinate his instincts &#8211; cannot be free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Environmental Degradation&#8221; button_link=&#8221;\/environmental-degradation\/&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon1.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#054368&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; transform_translate_linked=&#8221;off&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;\/environmental-degradation\/&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Both our physical and human environment are at risk and the Church insists we ignore neither! \u201cIt is contradictory to insist that future generations respect the natural environment when our educational systems and laws do not help them to respect themselves. The book of nature is one and indivisible: it takes in not only the environment but also life, sexuality, marriage, the family, social relations: in a word, integral human development.&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 51)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Alienation&#8221; button_link=&#8221;\/alienation\/&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon2.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;\/alienation\/&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>We are losing the \u201cauthentic meaning of life\u201d!<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>When we\u00a0<\/span><span>refuse to transcend ourselves \u201cand to live the experience of self-giving&#8221;.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope St. John Paul II, 41)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> when society \u201cis marked by a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019 that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 1)<\/a> \u00a0both the individual and society are alienated.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Radical Secularism&#8221; button_link=&#8221;\/under-development\/&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon4.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;\/under-development\/&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe greatest challenge of our time is secularization\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/april\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060406_xxi-wyd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0<span>Why? 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