in our culture‚ as it relates to America ’s adolescents‚ teens and young adults? Is there still a place for organized religion in a society were Snookie and the iPad have all but replaced Jesus Christ and the bible? As the newly-elect pontiff Pope Benedict prepares to guide the Roman Catholic Church into the future‚ church leaders are struggling to keep young people from leaving the faith. Four out of five Catholics who have left the church‚ and have not joined another faith or denomination‚ did
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religious vocations. The religious vocations are on their way of a sudden decline and this has been confirmed by the pope‚ "typical Christianity is fading more rapidly here in Australia than in any other country." The lack of occupations will prove to be a large crisis as predicted the Church would soon have less than one sixth of the priests required to carry out a Sunday mass. Benedict XVI believes several people sense self-sufficient and feal that they do not need Christ or Christianity. He also said
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Physician-assisted suicide is the act of a physician prescribing a drug to a patient which the patient is able to take on his or her own without the assistance of a medical provider or another person. This drug generally results in unconsciousness within five minutes and death within thirty minutes. Physician-assisted suicide became legal in the state of Oregon on October 27‚ 1997. From the date of legalization through December 31‚ 2000‚ there have been seventy reported cases of people utilizing
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such as marijuana should not be legalized and at some point this mess will start to slowly go away. On March 23‚ 2012‚ Pope Benedict XVI landed in Mexico in attempt to spread prayer to all who are suffering because of the Mexican drug war violence. In front of a large crowd‚ Pope Benedict emphasized that the cause of Mexico’s violence was greed. With his brief visit‚ the Pope hoped to leave a message that will hopefully touch many of Mexico’s citizen’s hearts and make a change in the
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garnered much public attention with many believing his claims of innocence. According to an article published in The Christian Science Monitor‚ this public attention included world leaders‚ a former president and Pope Benedict XVI - the head of the Catholic Church. (Jonsson) Pope Benedict without a doubt was against not only Mr. Davis’ execution but that of Mr. Brewer’s as well. With the Catholic Church against the taking of another life‚ what exactly is the history of the Catholic Church and the
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Boethius Religion/Philosophy Project April 2nd‚ 2013 A master in the art of rhetoric‚ Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius‚ commonly know as Boethius‚ was said to have the ability to argue any topic given randomly and still be able to speak as if he was a true expert in that area of expertise. During the middle Ages many philosophers and teachers studied and contemplated the works of prior scholars such as the writings of Plato‚ Aristotle‚ the apostle Paul and many more. However it is Boethius
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experienced visions of a powerful light‚ but she hid her prophetic abilities until much later in life. At the age of eight she went to the Benedictine Monastery at Mount St. Disibode to be educated. Hildegard died in 1179 and it wasn’t until Pope Benedict XVI
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Stewardship. This word has various definitions from the dictionary all the way from an employee‚ to the person who runs a household‚ to a financial administrator. This word also has a significant influence in our faith as members of the Catholic Church. In respect to the Catholic Church‚ stewardship basically means to care for and respect God’s earth and creations. Stewardship combined with philosophies revolving the idea of stewardship are lessons that the Church teaches and makes people aware
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viewpoints studied by ethicists today. Pope Benedict XVI brought up many issues revolving around these two viewpoints during his time as Pope. He never strictly used the term "relativism" but he did "fault modern people for missing the transcendent meaning of love and instead caring for one another just because we feel like it". The ideas behind relativism may be misleading or confusing to some‚ but are essential to any worldview‚ including the pope’s. Pope Benedict worries that a person’s individual
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CLARKE‚ W. Norris (2001) Central Problems of Metaphysics. Quezon City: Office of Research and Publications‚ Ateneo de Manila DE ANDIA‚ Ysabel (1997). "Eros and Agape: The Divine Passion of Love‚" Communio DULLES‚ Avery Cardinal (2007) Love‚ the Pope‚ and C.S JOHN PAUL II (2002). Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body. PA: Ascension Press. LEWIS‚ CS (1963). The Four Loves. London: Fontana Books LUIJPEN‚ William (1964) WEST‚ Christopher (2004). Theology of the Body for Beginners
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