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Inactive Catholics, 2003.
This paper discusses recent outreach programs for inactive Catholics.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 14 sources, MLA, AU$ 115.95
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This paper relates the religious and political motivations for recent outreach programs for inactive Catholics. The author discusses the fundamental features of Catholicism that make outreach to lapsed Catholics an integral part of Church activities. The paper surveys outreach programs throughout the United States.
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"The Roman Catholic Church has the largest denomination of Christian followers in the United States with million people identifying themselves as Catholic . However, million of those people are inactive Catholics."
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Young Adult Catholics in America Today, 2005.
Examines how young Catholics in America identify with their faith and how they participate in traditional worship practices.
2,983 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 14 sources, MLA, AU$ 128.95
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When it comes to young adult Catholics in the United States, we see the entire spectrum. There are some who are Catholic in name only, take it as a given, and don't seek to know any more. They may go church but it isn't something that makes a difference or impact in their life. Then, there are those whose faith has become central in their lives. The paper shows that for many members of this generation, spirituality outranks the rules and practices of religion. For others, doctrine is set in stone and should be studied in depth. Still others are too busy to think in either of these ways as they are out in the world being the hands and feet of Christ. The paper shows that these young adults are not their parents, but they do not disregard what their parents have achieved for them as they set out to form their own history. This generation will not be afraid to take what it needs from religion and change what has become obsolete. The paper concludes that the current status of young adults Catholics in America is wide-ranging, but if anything, that should give hope to American Catholics because it means that their Church is becoming just as inclusive as the world "Catholic" implies.
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"With a new education and their own identity as a generation, young adult Catholics in America today also have their own outlook on traditional practices. From the very public experiences of local parish involvement, to personal devotions, young Catholics are developing their own standards. America's young adult Catholics actually show a lower level of mass attendance than they did thirty years ago. This trend may be explained simply by feelings of indifference, but more likely is a result of a new concept of what it means to be Catholic. Many hold the belief that one can be a good Catholic, and have a substantial relationship with God, without being a part of customary practices within a parish."
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Catholics in America.
This paper discusses the atrocious behavior toward Catholic immigrants in America from 1865 to 1895.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper explains that the majority of immigrants before and during the Civil War (1861 to 1865), mostly poor and uneducated Catholics, having suffered terribly from discrimination and bigotry in their countries of origin, faced again in the United States extreme prejudice, bigotry, and religious discrimination, which highly affected their overall social, political, and economic lives. The author states that, in the U.S., anti-Catholic bigotry rose with the increased immigration because the English-speaking Protestant majority was afraid that the Catholics would take their jobs. The paper relates that the Catholic Church responded to the crucial needs of immigrant Catholics by creating social reform and support organizations. Mother Frances Cabrini, an Italian immigrant, founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart to teach Italians in the parochial schools, to care for the thousands of homeless children who lived in the streets because of the deaths of their parents, and to place nurses in hospitals.
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"During the period in American history just before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the United States was experiencing great change in its social, political and economic arenas, due mostly to the continuing expansion westward beyond the Mississippi River. This new territory was already inhabited by thousands of Catholics, mainly of Mexican descent, but much of the territory was completely unsettled and wild and was peopled by Native American Indian tribes. With new immigrants coming into the United States "at a rate of some two million every ten years from countries such as Ireland, France, Spain, Italy and Central Europe, the Catholic population exploded and was to serve as the basis for much social and political trouble in the future.""
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Ordination of Women Catholics, 1999.
Examines challenge to Church hierarchy's patriarchal ban on women priests. Looks at the pros & cons, examines biblical interpretations, infallibility and feminism.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 127.95
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" This paper is an examination of the issues and controversies surrounding the ordination of women in the Catholic Church. An increasing number of theologians, scholars, feminists, and others, including both men and women, has begun pressing the Church to reevaluate its ban on ordaining women and allowing them to play an active role in the ministry of the Church's works. The Vatican counters that history, scripture, and tradition dictate that only men can serve as priests. However, as the debate continues, the issue raises fundamental questions about the patriarchal view toward more than half its members to which the Church continues to cling. Critics insist that the ban must eventually be lifted for the Catholic Church to continue to survive, in part because fewer men are joining the priesthood and in part because the sexist perspective that the ban represents is.."
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The Catholic Mass, 2008.
A description and discussion of the significance and complexity of Catholic Mass.
845 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 44.95
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This paper describes the ritual of the Mass and discusses how it is viewed differently between Protestants and Catholics and even amongst Catholics themselves. In particular, the paper discusses Catholic theologian Michael McGuckian's explanation of the Catholic Mass and suggests that Catholicism's unclear understanding of what McGuckian calls an "unbloody" sacrifice in the first chapter of his work proves how essential it is that greater clarity be attained regarding the definition of Mass. The paper concludes that McGuckian's explanation of the Mass in a three-part structure is both powerful and lucid. It is also inspiring, given that it counters the tendency of some Catholic authors to stress only the painful aspects of Christ's sacrifice, rather than the eternal, positive, and visionary elements of the crucifixion.
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"One of the difficulties presented by the Mass to modern Christians is that Christians live in the absence of a concrete memory of the sacrificial system from which the Mass is derived. Thus, sacrifice can seem like a primitive concept, something from a long ago time, even while the Catholic Church teaches that the Eucharist is above all a sacrifice. It is a sacramental sacrifice, but not only a sacramental sacrifice or re-enactment of reality remembered--it is reality, in the moment and time of the Mass."
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The Catholic Church and Women's Rights, 2005.
Examines the history and position of women's rights within the Catholic Church.
1,960 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 91.95
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This paper introduces and discusses the Catholic Church. Specifically it discusses the Catholic Church's injustice towards women and women's rights, including domestic violence, women priests, and other matters relevant to women but ignored by the Catholic Church. The paper shows that for centuries, the Catholic Church has been one of the most powerful, wealthiest, and most popular religions in the world. Millions of Catholics worship every week in a church, and donate billions of dollars for Church projects, and millions of these worshippers are women, who are essentially excluded from the Church except for certain roles. In addition, many of these worshipping women live in some of the poorest countries on Earth, facing famine, overpopulation, and lack of education, and yet the Catholic Church will not condone their use of birth control. The paper questions why the Catholic Church is so staunch in its stance against women and women's rights.
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"Since the Church excludes women from the clergy, there is a sense of extreme maleness and masculinity throughout the Church, from alter boys on up, and it is not surprising that normal, healthy men, even if they are priests, are sexually stimulated. To ignore this is to ignore the problem, and keeping priests celibate seems to simply exacerbate an already difficult situation. When there are predominately men in an organization, where will men turn to fulfill their urges if no one else is available? Since men are not perfect, they have flaws, and if given the opportunity, they may sin. Not recognizing the strain that celibacy puts on priests is simply another doctrine of the Church that is outmoded."
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Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church, 2002.
A research proposal to evaluate what Catholic parents tell their children about pedophiles in light of sex offenses committed by priests of the Catholic Church.
1,171 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper examines how the Roman Catholic Church has received heavy media attention since revelations that they have not handled charges of sex abuse against their priests in ways that prevent the offenders from working with children in the future. It proposes a study to determine what Catholic parents tell their children now about sexual predators compared to what they told their children prior to the publication of knowledge regarding sex offenses committed against children by priests of the Catholic Church.
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"Since adults cannot accompany children everywhere they go, some parents for have some time tried to teach their children information and skills that would make it less likely for the child to become the target or victim of a sexual predator. Research shows that child education may be the best prevention for sex abuse (Bethea, 1999). Often this training has been misguided, and children have been warned of the ?danger of strangers,? even though most cases of pedophilia are committed by someone the child already knows (Leigh, 1995). Research also shows that most children who are sexually abused do not tell parents or other adults for some years (Fieldman, 2002), and this likelihood of silence makes them more vulnerable. Meanwhile, research has shown that teaching children specific strategies improves both prevention and reports of abuse when it occurs (Brown University, 2001)."
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The Catholic Mass, 2004.
This paper is a reflection on why the Catholic must go to Sunday mass in order to be Catholic.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper explains the importance of regular Sunday mass attendance. The author points out the intention of church fathers of making doctrine and ritual uniform, of asserting spiritual authority and of cementing the religious identity of the faithful.
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"It has become almost a commonplace of American culture that so many lapsed Catholics seen abroad in the land. When talk turns to religion, such people have a habit of saying something like "Well I was raised Catholic". Now comes a Catholic godparent to explain..."
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McCarthyism and the Catholic Church, 2002.
The paper discusses why the Catholic Church opposed communism and supported the McCarthyism movement.
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 70.95
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When Joseph McCarthy, a republican Wisconsin senator pursued an anti-communist agenda, the Catholic Church was eager to support him to countervail the threat of communism. The paper shows that in fact the Catholic Church supported the McCarthyism movement out of fear that communism would undermine the Catholic Church and what it stood for. This paper discusses how values of communism and catholicism contrast and brings up the influence of certain events (like the Bolshevik Revolution) and other contributing aspects to the Catholic fear of Communism.
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"After World War II, tensions about communism were still strong. The United States and the Soviet Union were involved in the Cold War. Both countries were anxious about the other nuclear weapon development of the other country. This went on for 40 years despite the fact that nothing significant happened in it, hence the term ?Cold War.? Suspicions that the Soviet Union was going to use nuclear weapons to achieve their world domination goal were prevalent during this time. The Brooklyn Tablet was suspicious of the post-war peace efforts and stated that ?The UN, NATO, SEATO, and the OAs were all seen as forms of collectivism. There were fears that the drive toward world government would eventually lead to the merger of the American Government and economy with an international organization, most likely controlled by communism. [xxxiv]? Also in the Tablet, James Gillus said that the UN is a ?base form which communist spies enter and operate in America [xxxv].? All the recent events set up people with paranoia. During the Cold War, a majority of people feared that the Soviet Union would coerce the rest of the world into communism."
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Child Abuse and the Catholic Church, 2008.
This research study specifically examines the sexual abuse of Latino children in the United States perpetrated by priests and clergy members of the Roman Catholic Church.
31,770 words (approx. 127.1 pages), 63 sources, APA, AU$ 363.95
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This paper reveals that the Roman Catholic Church intentionally and negligently covered up the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy between the years of 1945 and 2003. The author stresses that, because the majority of the Latino population in the United States are members of the Catholic Church, this problem is exacerbated in Latino children. The American Psychological Association and other supporting agencies are faced with a crisis in providing effective mental health treatment for the Latino American population. The paper reviews effective methods for assessment, diagnoses and treatment of this unique population and reviews the recent literature accessing information of the experts in this field and the agencies that provide mental health services to the Latino population. Includes figures.
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Healthcare Factors Impacting Latino Immigrant Children
Overview of the Catholic Church Legal System
Response of the Church to Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse
Secrecy in the Roman Catholic Church Surrounding Child Sexual Abuse
Legal Issues Arising to Debate
The Latino Victim of Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy
Mental Health Care Service Delivery to Latinos
Summary of Literature Reviewed
Development of Plan: Provision of Effective Mental Health Care
Services to Latino Population in the United States
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"This research study has related that it is not practical, nor is it advisable, to attempt to have a family member interpret due to limitations that exist in the effectiveness of this use of an interpreter, specifically due to role reversal when the child is interpreting for the parent and due to cultural issues that may limit or null the interpretations provided by a family member interpreting between the clinician and client. It is important that the client feel warmly welcomed to the service providers clinic and that staff members are attentive to the needs of the Latino client and their family."
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Catholic Church and the Modern World, 2001.
A discussion on the influence of the Catholic Church on the development of human race and biotechnology field.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 56.95
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This paper looks at how the Catholic Church influences the development of human race. It looks at the stands of the Catholic Church at some of the recent conflicts of our time like abortion and stem-cell research and cloning. According to Catholic Church abortion is ethically and morally wrong. It is killing of a human life and therefore, should be prevented. The issue has plagued the church almost from the beginning. ?The Bible itself is virtually silent on abortion. The Ten Commandments state "Thou shalt not kill," but neither the Old nor the New Testament contains explicit sanctions against intentionally destroying a foetus.? (Theology of Abortion) the essay looks of Catholic Church stand on morality of abortion and its consequences.
The second aspect this paper looks at is the development of field of biotechnology and how it has influenced the public and moral attitudes. This is a recent example of the Church?s influence on human development. The paper explores how the Church?s so called ?pro-life? attitude has affected the development in this field.
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""The Catholic Church has been one of the strongest influential factors in European History. The influence has been extensive reaching from matters of the state, personal life, social values and ethical debates. Most organized religions have some form of moral code and ethical beliefs; the Catholic Church is no difference. These ideas and beliefs are usually in conflict with the development of human race. Some of the recent dilemmas of Catholic Church are its stand on Abortion, pro-life campaign, use of birth control, HIV and AID issue. The moralistic view of Catholic Church, which argues to be pro-life, is in contradiction of what is being pro-life mean. It is rather difficult to comprehend how any institution, which makes life miserable for human beings classify it to be the protector of life." "
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Protestant-Catholic Conflict and the Reformation, 2007.
This paper discusses how historians have sought to understand and explain the causes of Protestant-Catholic conflict since the Reformation.
1,458 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 70.95
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In this article, the writer notes that before professional historians seriously turned their attention to the Reformation as an all-encompassing historical phenomenon during the 1960s, church historians, who held partisan views of the religious conflict from their respective denominational positions, believed that conflict between Protestants and Catholics boiled down simply to one of difference in theological doctrine. The writer discusses that what was highly ironical was that Catholic theologians, who couched the conflict in rather negative terms, peacefully agreed with their protestant counterparts that it was about individualism. The writer maintains that a complicated picture of conflict, in which a variety of different historical actors brought with them their own agendas, has contributed to the richness of how the Reformation unfolded. The writer concludes that even though the Protestant-Catholic divide had its narrowly religious aspects, it would be foolish to think that people caught up within the forces of Reformation operated merely out of a stern belief in their own faiths.
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"By contrast to church and traditional historians, these up-and-coming scholars came to the understanding that conflict was far more complex than the top-down accounts that had informed the writings of scholars in the past: conflict in fact involved a multitude of messy motivations that took place within equally disparate social, economic, regional as well as national backgrounds. Most crudely, Marxist historians, whose influence on social historians should not be discounted, brought about this change of perspective first. By seeking the cause of conflict not in the doctrine of individual spiritual renewal, but in the inherent social and economic inequalities that persisted within both pre- and post-Reformation Europe, they radically endeavoured to shift the emphasis away completely from the purely religious aspects of the Reformation. What these left-wing historians saw, as they looked at the state of early modern Europe, was not a landscape that was tectonically divided between Protestants and Catholics, but one that was classified between the rich and the poor. Reacting to the aristocracy of feudal nobles, who had for so long controlled land and labour, it was the bourgeois, living within the towns, whose sense of injustice led to them to rise up against their social superiors. More specifically, within the towns, it was the patricians who took the side of Catholicism, while tradesmen and merchants, who were cold-shouldered by the establishment, came to support Protestantism in an attempt to overturn this hierarchy."
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Catholic Literature, 2005.
This paper discusses the themes of sin and a lack of priestly redemption in Catholic authors James Joyce's "The Sisters" and Bernard MacLaverty's "The Beginnings of a Sin".
1,760 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 82.95
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This paper explains that the absence of a clear vision of heaven on earth, the persistence of human fallibility and sin even in the lives of holy men and the general pervasiveness of Roman Catholicism influence in society are evident in the early Irish Catholic tales of the 20th century author James Joyce and the contemporary Canadian Catholic author of Irish extraction Bernard MacLaverty. The author points out that their respective short stories, Joyce's "The Sisters" and MacLaverty's "The Beginnings of a Sin" suggest that contemporary, Catholic common-sensical societal and religious notions of what constitutes 'the moral' are profoundly different from the more complex morality that the main characters deploy in their daily lives. The paper relates that the plot of a priest's fall from grace due to a psychological or physical ailment in the eyes of a young and naive male acolyte is underlined in the theme of sacrifice and disenchantment in these short stories.
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"In Joyce's tale, although naive in his morality, the narrator immediately strikes the reader are knowledgeable of Catholic doctrine for his young age, since Father Flynn had taught him extensively about numerous aspects of Catholic history, religion and literature. However, although this knowledge is evident in his actions both to the reader and to the other characters in the story and the boy's uncle refers to him as a Rosicrucian, or a member of a private organization of philosophy and learning whose purpose was to investigate the hidden secrets of nature and mysticism, Father Flynn did not really teach the boy about the true mysteries of death. Only real life experience, Joyce suggests, can educate the young man in the true mysteries of the end of life, embodied in the form of the priest at the priest's own wake. Likewise, Colum's financial strivings for the church do not really 'buy' the boy's salvation--he only comes to understand sin when he sees this sin embodied in the afterhour, refrectory actions of the priest he trusted."
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A Catholic Marriage, 2006.
A look at the marriage preparation process in the Catholic religion.
1,952 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 91.95
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This paper begins by describing the value and significance that the Catholic religion places on the institution of marriage. The paper then explains that it is because of this significance placed on the institution of marriage that Catholicism requires so much from a couple in preparation for marriage. Finally, the paper explains the basis for the Catholic perspective on marriage and provides a detailed description of what the Catholic marriage preparation process entails.
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"When a traditional Western man and woman decide to marry, most intend that it will be forever. Regardless of the length of time of the engagement, the intentions are usually genuine, and each is relatively certain that he or she is prepared for the commitment of marriage. However, in the United States, over 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce, evidencing the fact that regardless of a couple's intentions, the reality of struggling, adjusting, and forgiving proves overwhelming in at least half of all marriages."
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Social Teachings of the Catholic Church, 2007.
An exploration of how the Catholic Church relates to the world through its social teachings.
1,292 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper, written from a religious Catholic perspective, describes the basic principles of Catholic social teachings and analyzes how these principles are applied to current social issues. Much of the paper is based on William J. Byron's work "Ten Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching." The paper lists the ten fundamental social principles of Catholicism, which Byron also cited in his book. The paper includes numerous quotes from the Christian Bible which are intended to support various social outlooks.
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"The very essence of the meaning which gives definition to each of these categories is based on one very specific statement of Jesus Christ when he commands that his children are to "love their neighbor as they love themselves" which is the 'golden rule' and the statement in which Jesus Christ states that the greatest commandment of all is to "Love ye, one another..." (Holy Bible, New Testament) This specific category is critical in the social teachings of the Catholic Church and in fact stated is that "...the transformation of social relationships that responds to the demands of the Kingdom of God is not fixed within concrete boundaries once and for all." (Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, 1979) An example brought to mind the account of Jesus healing on the Sabbath and assisting men with removing their oxen from a ditch on the Sabbath as well. While there are those in the crowd who taunt him about breaking the Jewish law of not laboring on the Sabbath Jesus relates to the crowd that certainly the needs of his fellow man stand higher than even the primary 'ten commandments of God, the Father. Therefore, the teaching is one of collaboration, flexible ministry in a growing and changing world. The church is effectively rendered helpless to 'go yet into the world..." and to "make ye disciples of all men..." which is called the "Great Commission" and commanded by Christ if they do not have genuine love for their fellow man because to go into that world at this time in the history of mankind is a prospect filled with the unknown in terms of both physical and spiritual safety. Therefore the church must remember to convey to followers that the only set and fixed law might be viewed as a simple reflection by humankind of the love which 'is' God. This task has been "entrusted to the Christian community..." and therein God's love either finds root and grows or falls by the way. This is called the 'Great Commission' within the Christian faith and is a process described as "...a quest for the seeds of truth and freedom sown in the vast field of humanity." (Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis, 11: AAS 71, 1979) The primary social teaching of the Christian faith and the Catholic Church social teachings are principles, which have as their basis very words of Christ who has revealed to humankind that the very essence or character of God is 'Love'. (1 John 4:8) as he brings his children to the understanding that "the fundamental law of human perfection, and consequently the transformation of the world is the new commandment of love." (Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, 2004) "
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The Catholic Church, 2002.
A paper which argues that the Catholic Church has been unable to evolve together with its followers.
2,910 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 126.95
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This paper describes the many problems that lie within the Catholic Church and discusses its refusal to evolve with its people. It shows several examples of Catholic teachings, such as the prohibition of contraception, which are irrelevant to our times. The paper also discusses the Catholic Church's views on women and gays and mentions the sex scandals which have been exposed within the Church in recent years.
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"For most of my life every Sunday morning I found myself in a pew of my Church. Raised a strict Catholic I didn?t have much of a choice. It was attend Church or get out of the house. So off to Mass I would go. Just reminiscing about sitting in that that hot, stuffy, and uncomfortable place can make me irritable. Up until I was probably fifteen years of age I despised going to mass simply because I hated being uncomfortable and loosing precious Sunday morning sleep. It was sometime around fifteen years of age that I truly began to despise going to Church for reasons worth giving some thought to. Right around that time is when I actually started to listen to what the priests were saying in their homilies. I could not believe that I had to sit there and listen to these Priests attempt to force, what I considered grossly ignorant teachings, down my throat. Within the following two years, as I grew up and drew more of my own conclusions on the ways of the world I was forced, still, to attend those Mass?s. Each week I would sit in there and look around myself in disbelief. I couldn?t fathom the idea that the whole congregation was really that ignorant. Then one Sunday morning I went to a different church with my cousins for Mass. It was that Mass that hinted me toward the reality of the situation within the Catholic Community."
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