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Why is the Church so one-sided<\/strong> (and must always be so)?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Racism in the United States” button_link=”\/racism-in-the-united-states\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Racism is contrary to Christ and the teachings of the Gospel” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_option_url=”\/racism-in-the-united-states\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The belief humanity can be divided into separate and exclusive biological entities with some races innately superior<\/strong> to others. This leads to personal and societal prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity. What does Catholic social teaching have to say about such an insidious \u201cism\u201d<\/strong>? CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Democratic Socialism” button_link=”\/socialism\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”The Church has consistently spoken out against socialism in all its forms, most recently, democratic socialism” image_tablet=”” image_phone=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png” image_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” button_on_hover=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url=”\/socialism\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” border_style_all_image=”none” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” custom_css_slide_image_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_slide_image_phone=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” image__hover=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png” custom_css_slide_image_tablet=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Candidates for President of the United States and many in congress espouse this as an alternative model for our country<\/strong>. What, exactly, is it?<\/strong> What does the Catholic Church say?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Climate Change” button_link=”\/climate-change\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/climate-change\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n One political party committed the US to the Paris Agreement and proposes a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d<\/strong>. Another party withdrew from the Paris Agreement and inimically opposes<\/strong> the other\u2019s proposal. What does Catholic social teaching say?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Immigration” button_link=”\/immigration-overview\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/immigration-overview\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Church recognizes the rights of nations to govern and protect themselves in the interests of the Common Good and <\/strong><\/em>\u201c\u2026the right of all men to migrate\u00a0to other countries and to seek conditions worthy of human life for themselves and for their families.\u201d\u00a0(Gaudium et Spes)<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Universal Healthcare” button_link=”\/universal-healthcare\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”national health care” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_option_url=”\/universal-healthcare\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n US health care is, in many ways, the envy of the world<\/strong>. Would universal<\/strong>, or<\/strong> national, healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0improve it?<\/strong> See how Catholic social teaching can inform the discussion!<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Euthanasia” button_text=”Click Here” button_link=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_option_url=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Without a Christian perspective, the world often seeks to avoid suffering at all costs and strives to make death as painless as possible. It is then that \u201c[w]e must accompany people towards death, but not provoke death<\/strong>\u00a0or facilitate any form of suicide.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”The Family” button_link=”\/the-family\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family.jpg” image_alt=”The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/the-family\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The answer<\/strong> to the dangers to our society.<\/p>\n \u201cThe\u00a0future of humanity<\/b>\u00a0passes <\/strong>by way of the family.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(Pope St. John Paul II, 86)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Marriage” button_link=”\/the-family\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage.jpg” image_alt=”marriage” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/the-family\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The foundation of the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n “[T]ranscends the feelings <\/strong>and momentary needs of the couple\u201d. It is born \u201cfrom the depth of the obligation\u00a0<\/strong>assumed by the spouses”. (Pope Francis, 66)<\/a> <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Artificial Intelligence” button_link=”\/category\/all-articles\/artificial-intelligence\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/category\/all-articles\/artificial-intelligence\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n How do we ensure that digital systems, like AI, remain ordered to the human person, to authentic work, to truth, and to the common good?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Dignity of Work” button_link=”\/dignity-of-work\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/dignity-of-work\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n “We were\u00a0created<\/strong>\u00a0with a vocation\u00a0to work<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Gun Control” button_link=”\/gun-control-pros-and-cons-and-self-defense\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/gun-control-pros-and-cons-and-self-defense\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n It is one of the most divisive and painful issues in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0Gun ownership is an issue where there is legitimate diversity of opinion. How does the Church reconcile self-defense with the sacredness of human life?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Overpopulation” button_link=”\/overpopulation\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/overpopulation\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n From the Church\u2019s perspective, the problem was never people themselves. <\/strong>The real question is not how many people the Earth can hold, but how we understand the human person.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”The Death Penalty” button_link=”\/the-death-penalty\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/the-death-penalty\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Church’s historical teaching, the changes Pope Francis made, and what the Church teaches now.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”COVID-19″ button_link=”\/covid19\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Covid-19 is tearing families, communities, and nations apart. Catholic social teaching can guide us through it.” image_tablet=”” image_phone=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CAPP_CrisisInfog-2004_Icons_medical-supplie.png” image_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” button_on_hover=”on” max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url=”\/covid19\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” border_style_all_image=”none” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” custom_css_slide_image_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_slide_image_phone=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” image__hover=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg” custom_css_slide_image_tablet=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Crisis and<\/strong> the Cure<\/strong>: How does Catholic social teaching evaluate governments\u2019 response?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”The Common Good” button_link=”\/the-common-good\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png” image_alt=”The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/the-common-good\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Common Good is\u00a0not<\/strong> a principle, but an aspirational result<\/strong>: \u201cthe sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily\u201d.\u00a0(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1906)<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Physical Environment” button_link=”\/physical-environment\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment.jpg” image_alt=”God has called us to be stewards of this world, our physical environment and common home.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_font_size=”30px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” transform_translate_linked=”off” link_option_url=”\/physical-environment\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n This is about more than<\/strong> \u2018just\u2019 protecting<\/strong> the environment. There are profound spiritual dimensions involved.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Integral Ecology” button_link=”\/integral-ecology\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology.jpg” image_alt=”Physical and human environments are linked and only integral ecology can care or them both.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_font_size=”30px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” transform_translate_linked=”off” link_option_url=”\/integral-ecology\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The solution to all<\/strong> our environmental problems!<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Human Environment” button_link=”\/human-environment\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment.jpg” image_alt=”How many talk about the serious destruction of our human environment where we grow, live, and work?” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_font_size=”30px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” transform_translate_linked=”off” link_option_url=”\/human-environment\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n \u201c[W]e must also mention the more serious destruction<\/strong> of the human environment, something which is by no means receiving the attention it deserves.\u201d\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”The Four Dangers to Society” button_link=”\/pathologies-overview\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi.jpg” image_alt=”The Church has identified four dangers to society, pathologies, eating away at our culture.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” link_option_url=”\/pathologies-overview\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Church identifies the major \u2018risks and problems\u2019 eating away at our cultural, economic and political systems. What are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Consumerism” button_link=”\/consumerism\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism.jpg” image_alt=”Consumerism is a terrible affliction of the developed world and an affront to human dignity.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_option_url=”\/consumerism\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Having and wanting a lot of \u2018stuff\u2019 is at the heart of several of society\u2019s ills<\/strong>. Which ones? Why does this limit our freedom?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Environmental Degradation” button_link=”\/environmental-degradation\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation.jpg” image_alt=”Our environments, both our physical and human (moral), are in peril, in more ways than you likely realize” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_font_size=”30px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” transform_translate_linked=”off” link_option_url=”\/environmental-degradation\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Yes! The environment is in danger. But, it is actually worse<\/strong> (and, more complicated) than you think<\/strong>.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Alienation” button_link=”\/alienation\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation.jpg” image_alt=”alienation” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/alienation\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Society and individuals are alienated! We are \u201cmarked by a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019<\/strong> that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Francis, 1)<\/em><\/span><\/a> \u00a0The consequences are devastating!<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Radical Secularism” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n [COMING SOON]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe greatest challenge of our time\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Why?<\/strong> Radical secularism holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. But, \u201cWithout truth, without trust and love for what is true…social action ends up serving private interests and the logic of power.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/em>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Sound familiar?<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”How to Vote” button_link=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-voting\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-voting\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Participation in politics is a Christian obligation: <\/strong>\u201cWe, Christians, cannot \u2018play Pilate\u2019 and wash our hands\u2026We must participate in politics because politics is one of the highest forms of charity\u201d. (Pope Francis)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Image & Text” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” animation_direction=”left” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”50px||50px” custom_padding_tablet=”50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”20px||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/waving-american-flags-1024×683.jpeg” alt=”A crowd waves American flags while helicopters fly past, but Catholic social teaching is neither liberal or conservative” title_text=”waving american flags” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” text_line_height=”1.4em” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||10px|40px” custom_padding_tablet=”20px|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”29px|||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||30px|40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”|||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Just as \u201cChristian charitable activity must be independent of parties and ideologies\u201d (Pope Benedict XVI, 31)<\/em><\/a> it must be reiterated and acknowledged that Catholic social teaching is not an endorsement of or for any political teaching<\/strong>. The Church is clear that none of the magisterial documents are teachings to or for the right or the left. Catholic social teaching is neither liberal nor conservative.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”\/what-is-catholic-social-teaching\/” button_text=”What is Catholic Social Teaching?” button_alignment=”left” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_on_hover=”off” custom_margin=”|||40px” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#ffffff”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ custom_padding=”20px||20px||true|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_text_color=”#eb7525″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” inline_fonts=”Playfair Display” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Our Church Has Issued a Clear Call to Action<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”80%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||50px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JohnPaul-resized_92c8c3977c495da9e9d8d380277ad516.jpg” alt=”John Paul II was the first of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.” title_text=”JohnPaul-resized_92c8c3977c495da9e9d8d380277ad516″ force_fullwidth=”on” src_tablet=”” src_phone=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JohnPaul-resized_92c8c3977c495da9e9d8d380277ad516.jpg” src_last_edited=”on|desktop” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”30px||10px|” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px|20px|” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” src__hover_enabled=”off|hover”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|25px|3px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cA new state of affairs today… calls with a particular urgency for the action of the lay faithful. If lack of commitment is always unacceptable, the present time renders it even more so. It is not permissible for anyone to remain idle.\u201d<\/p>\n – Christifideles Laici, 3<\/a><\/span> \u201cFreedom\u2026demands the courage to engage in civic life and to bring one\u2019s deepest beliefs and values to reasoned public debate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n – White House Address<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/54440_15052013_Pope-Francis_resized.jpg” alt=”Francis is the third of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.” align=”right” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”30px||10px|” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px|20px|” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||2px|0px||” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Participation in politics is a Christian obligation: \u201cWe must participate in politics because politics is one of the highest forms of charity because it seeks the common good. And Christian lay people must work in politics\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n – Address to the Jesuit Schools of Italy and Albania<\/a><\/span>Unlock Catholic Social Teaching<\/span><\/h1>\n
Where Do I Start?<\/h4>\n
Recent Articles<\/h4>\n
\u201cBy her social doctrine the Church makes an effective contribution…<\/span><\/h2>\n
Her moral vision in this area \u2018rests on the threefold cornerstone of human dignity, solidarity and subsidiarity<\/strong>\u2019.<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n
Catholic Social Teaching and Other Contemporary Issues<\/h4>\n
It is our special task to order and throw light upon all the affairs of the world in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ:\u00a0\u201clet the laity<\/strong> also by their combined efforts remedy the customs and conditions of the world<\/strong>.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Catholic Social Teaching is Neither Conservative Or Liberal<\/h4>\n
However, there are warnings to both sides of the political spectrum.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
What Must I Do?<\/h4>\n
Pope St. John Paul II<\/h2>\n
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Pope Francis<\/h2>\n
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