Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God’s special love for the poor and called God’s people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ‚ who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19)‚ and who identified himself with "the least of these‚" the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic
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Study Martina Ferrine December 2‚ 2014 Devry University Professor Morello TITLE PAGE: CASE STUDY 2 Questions for exploration: What did some reform-minded Catholics in Nicaragua hope that the pope might do during his visit to that country? What position did the pope eventually make clear to the Nicaraguan priests? Why were some Nicaraguan Catholics disappointed with the pope’s position on political action? What did they correctly as it proved‚ fear might happen after the pope’s
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Zduńska-Wola‚ Poland. He was born under the name as Raymund Kolbe. He died on August 14‚ 1941 at Auschwitz‚ a German concentration camp. Before that he was ordained a priest in 1919. He beatified in 1971 and was canonized a saint on October 10‚ 1982 by Pope John Paul II. He is the patron Saint of Drug addicts‚ Families‚ Imprisoned people‚ journalists‚ and our difficult century (Maximilian Kolbe). He had 2 brothers‚ a mother‚ and a father. His mom’s name is Marianna and his father’s name is Juliusz. He was a
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Mother Teresa Angela Dias U.S. History II 4/28/14 Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun who spent her life helping sick and poor people around the world. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 26‚ 1910 in Skopje‚ Macedonia. Her parents’ names were Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu‚ and she was the youngest of three children. Agnes was interested in helping people at a very young age. She became a member of a youth group in her parish called Sodality. While she was a member of this youth group
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Due to the nature of the increasingly “global village” of today‚ there lies much debate in how to deal with relations between cultures of differing beliefs and ideologies. Madeline Albright’s “Faith and Diplomacy” suggests that religion is a key factor in such international relations‚ and is necessary to adjust one’s policies and strategies in order to deal with international and intra-national disputes. Albright appears to draw many of her ideas presented in “Faith and Diplomacy” from Kwame Anthony
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December 5‚ 2014around 1 o’clock in the afternoon we had a mass at Palma Hall and it is all about the advent season. All education students from 2nd year to 4th year are required to attend the mass including Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines from January 15 to 19‚ 2015‚ is the first state
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world‚ economic‚ social‚ political and cultural affairs pose problems and grave difficulties that call for urgent action by the lay faithful. In line of 1985 Synod Fathers’ recommendations and his own passion for the Church’s social teaching‚ John Paul II treats the laity’s mission to build communion in the political‚ economic‚ and cultural spheres of contemporary society. He urges lay men and women not to flee from the world to the confines of the
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‘As Stewards unite to heal‚ care and preserve God’s creation’ Today there is an urgent need for ‘ecological conversion’ to protect not only the natural environment but also the human quality of life. Pope John-Paul II‚ “Life and nature are similar concepts because nature is the study of how life acts and interacts within the circle of existence”. When we take the time to examine the beauty of the world around us‚ we are able to see parallels within our own lives. One who is attuned with nature
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He earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1915 at the Pontifical Gregorian University‚ and the doctorate in theology in 1919 at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure. During his time as a student‚ he witnessed vehement demonstrations against Popes St. Pius X and Benedict XV in Rome during an anniversary celebration by the Freemasons. According to St. Maximilian‚they placed the black standard of the "Giordano Brunisti" under the windows of the Vatican. On this standard
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criticized deeply in his work Beyond Good and Evil. He particularly denounced Christianity for its focus on “slave morality‚” which he contrasts with “master morality” in Beyond Good and Evil‚ and its incessant emphasis on self-sacrifice. In 1992‚ Pope John Paul II illustrated and clarified these concepts through the Catechism
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