grow saints and serve suffering humanity.” (Salvation Army‚ 2016) It is because of this that I believe the Salvation Army deserves the title of Charity of the Year. Catholic Social Teachings have a significant impact on many charities‚ especially the Salvation Army. Solidarity is one of the main aspects of Catholic Social Teachings‚ as it brings people together and helps them to recognise that each individual is part of the one human family – regardless of ethnic‚ national‚ racial‚ gender‚ economic
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In society‚ there are many social principles that one may ought to live by. The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred‚ and our dignity is a vision for a moral just society. This ideology is the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching that we all ought to live by throughout lives to achieve the common good that God intends us all to do. The Catholic Social Teaching consists of ideologies such as call to family‚ community‚ and participation‚ life and dignity of humans‚ and dignity of work
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Subsidiarity is the Catholic Social Teaching that focuses on the right of all to decisions in activities that affects their lives. It means that people should have a say in decisions that affect them‚ and they should be informed to the level to where they can be able to make the best possible choices for their future. Subsidiarity places a focus on individuals and communities handling their affairs without major interference from a large organisation such as governments- “nothing should be done
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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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difference! Catholic Social Teaching: Promotion of Peace“Catholic teaching promotes peace as a positive‚ action-oriented concept. In the words of Pope John Paul II‚ “Peace is not just the absence of war. It involves mutual respect and confidence between peoples and nations. It involves collaboration and binding agreements.” There is a close relationship in Catholic teaching between peace and justice. Peace is the fruit of justice and is dependent upon right order among human beings.” Catholic Social Teaching
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Catholic Social Teaching explains how the Christian lives in society‚ and how a Christian is obligated to make society a more charitable one. Catholic Social Teaching explains what must be followed in order to make a charitable society possible. Pope Francis is a major advocate for Catholic Social Teaching‚ and thoroughly explains its works in his second encyclical: Laudato si. In this encyclical Pope Francis explains not only the principles of Catholic Social Teaching‚ but also uses these principles
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Religion II the 2nd test Matching Enlightenment:the up-and-coming social‚ political‚ and philosophical movement‚ asserted that reason and science are the basis for knowing truth. Industrial Revolution: the shift from a farming and craft trade economy to an economy based on factory production-was well under way. Capitalism : production for their own profit‚ and workers sold their labor to the owners for whatever wage they could get. Socialism: advocated distributing wealth according to
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The common good is a central theme in Catholic Social Teaching. The common good is necessary because that is how we come to care for all of God’s creation. If the common good is being pursued and practiced the benefit of creation will always be considered and upheld before any action is done. As Catholics we called to try to practice upholding common good for God’s creation. The common good is important‚ but hard to maintain and people will err due to our inclination to sin‚ but when the common good
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faithful to God her whole life. Mackillop has many works and writings which were significant to her life and teachings. Mackillop’s works and writings were highly influential to the church and society of her time. Father Julian Tenison Woods was very concerned about the small amount of Catholic education in South Australia. He asked Mackillop and her sisters Annie and Lexie to open a catholic school in Penola. (Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart‚ n.d.) At the feast of St Joseph‚ 19th of March
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immigrants face a great amount of troubles. These troubles are very similar to the ones the Jews faced during the Holocaust. These troubles have definitely gone against the catholic social teachings that are in todays society. In todays society there are major Principles of Catholic Social Teaching. “The Church’s social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society” describes how important these principles
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