WHOLE PERSON AND EVERY HUMAN BEING IS AN OBLIGATION NOT ONLY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL‚ BUT ALSO FOR SOCIETIES AND NATIONS‚ AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (#32). -SOLICITUDO REI SOCIALIS (ON SOCIAL CONCERN) -- POPE JOHN PAUL II‚ 1987 DESPITE CONSISTENT TRADGEDY SUCH AS HER DIVORCE‚ AND AFATAL CAR CRASH THAT ALMOST KILLED HER AS WELL‚ WILMA TIRELESSLY WORKED AS THE FIRST FEMALE PRINCIPAL CHIEF IN TRIBE HISTORY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LIFE CONDITIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS
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Copied from the Vatican Site at www.vatican.va PACEM IN TERRIS: A PERMANENT COMMITMENT 1. Almost forty years ago‚ on Holy Thursday‚ 11 April 1963‚ Pope John XXIII published his epic Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris. Addressing himself to “all men of good will”‚ my venerable predecessor‚ who would die just two months later‚ summed up his message of “peace on earth” in the first sentence of the Encyclical: “Peace on earth‚ which all men of every era have most eagerly yearned for‚ can be firmly
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Copernicus Q1 Response: Why did Copernicus dedicate his great work to Pope Paul III? The Pope was God’s highest representative on Earth and held great moral authority. Early intellectuals were very religious and believed that God made possible the discoveries that were being made about the Earth. Copernicus knew what he was proposing would be controversial in the intellectual community. By seeking the Pope’s approval for his work‚ he recognized that‚ even if the community disagreed or even found
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In Vitro Fertilization: Ethical Implications & Alternatives "Every child‚ no matter how that child is born‚ is precious in God’s ages." A wrong understanding of ethical drawcacks of in vitro fertilization has already led to a naive acceptance of the destruction of human embryos that now theaters to pave the way for embryonic stem cell research. The concept the in vitro fertilization tha one or more of the genetic parents are different from the woman who will carry the child‚ or the couple who will
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had a significant impact on the lives of millions as well as in the expansion of Catholicism during the early 19th century through to the present. Frederic tremendous hard work and efforts led him to great success in starting the Saint Vincent De Paul organisation‚ with many Catholics calling him as ‘Blessed Frederic’. During his short life time he achieved great success and advocated numerous petitions as well as gave multiple lectures around Europe publicizing the needs to aid the less advantaged
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than 100 countries. Over the years‚ Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity grew from twelve to thousands serving the "poorest of the poor" in 450 centres around the world. Mother Teresa suffered a heart attack in Rome in 1983‚ while visiting Pope John Paul II. After a second attack in 1989‚ she received an artificial pacemaker. In 1991‚ after a battle with pneumonia while in Mexico‚ she suffered further heart problems. She
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THE VIRTUE OF TEMPERANCE Pope John Paul II Virtue is not something abstract‚ detached from life‚ but‚ on the contrary‚ it has deep "roots” in life itself‚ it springs from the latter forms it. Virtue has an impact on man’s life itself‚ on his actions and behavior. It follows that in all these reflections of ours‚ we are speaking not so much of the virtue of man as a living and acting “virtuously”; we are speaking of the prudent‚ just and courageous man‚ and finally‚ precisely today‚ we are speaking
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Why I am a Catholic Sola Scriptura Sola Scriptura and Unity Unity among Christians was clearly one of the chief concerns of Christ (John 17) and the Apostles (ex. 1 Cor. 1‚ 10; Eph. 4). This unity is not only a spiritual reality‚ but a physical one as well‚ for Jesus teaches that the oneness of the Church would be a witness to the world (Jn. 17:23). I have come to realize that Protestantism‚ in principle‚ cannot unify Christians. Sola scriptura effectively makes unity in moral code
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the Pius Wars Joseph Bottum Who‚ even among scholars in the field‚ could keep up with the flood of attacks on Pius XII that began in the late 1990s? John Cornwell gave us Hitler’s Pope‚ and Michael Phayer followed with The Catholic Church and the Holocaust. David Kertzer brought charges against Pius XII in The Popes Against the Jews‚ and Susan Zuccotti reversed her previous scholarship to pen Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy. Garry Wills used Pius as the centerpiece
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Language Shapes Our Personality Can language shape our personality? Tongues we use are indispensible factors of us. If you think about it‚ human beings use the tool in form of language in every possible aspect of life. In school‚ at home‚ while watching TV‚ playing sports‚ reading books‚ at the store‚ even on the walk. It is also a part of one’s heritage‚ cultural belonging and ethnic identity. Language surrounds us from every possible direction. It would be “silly” to say it has no influence
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