Health Care Reform and the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) is a hot topic in today’s political atmosphere. Advocacy and Opposition both run rampant throughout the country. The goal of the act was to fix the health care concern. The Catholic Church (as an entity‚ not as members of the Catholic Church) has pledged their support for the act. It believes that everyone is entitled to the same benefits regardless of whether or not they can afford it and that it
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BOOK REVIEW That She May Dance Again: Rising from Pain of Violence Against women in the Philippine Catholic Church‚ by Sr. Nila V. Bermisa‚ MM‚ Women and Gender Commission- Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (WGC- AMRSP)‚ 2011‚ 195 pp. Sexual abuse is one of the common diseases of our country. Wherever you go‚ there are cases of women being sexually assaulted. It may be in the family‚ in the workplace‚ in the society and even in the Church where the person belongs to
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Throughout the 16th century‚ the Roman Catholic Church wielded substantial power‚ allowing it to control and influence society. This was facilitated by the education of various fields that fell under the jurisdiction of the Church. Since the bible was the basis for church ideology‚ it was also the foundation of all knowledge with priests controlling the content. Supporters of their doctrine were compensated whiled opponents were fearful due to the consequences carried out. In this way‚ by controlling
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The mission of the Catholic Relief Services is to help the poor and vulnerable in the United States and overseas. It was founded by Catholic Bishops of the United States in 1943. Their foundation is based on faith and catholic morals. The Catholic Relief Service tries to promote human development‚ serving others‚ having faith‚ and taking action. They take action in preserving the dignity of human nature and life. Even though they are Catholics serving‚ no one would be denied of help due to their
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Philadelphia also known as the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ was a part of the Nativist movement in the United States. There have been immigrants in Philadelphia‚ but the continuous influx began to change the demographic of city’s population. Tensions began to rise over religion then political motives set in as well. The Philadelphia riots of 1844 took root in considering the immigrants as the Other and finding ways to establish their superiority through suppressing the immigrants power. The 1844 riots
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In his novella‚ Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ Gabriel Garcia Márquez establishes his setting in Sucre‚ a small town of Bolivia. In this Bolivian society‚ all of the townspeople’s actions focus upon a theocentric outlook and derive conclusions based on guidance from hierarchal figures. Through his use of ironical and biblical references‚ Márquez implements satire to portray the societal members’ lack of adherence to the Catholic morals‚ and eventually leads up to Santiago Nasar’s murder. In doing
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resulted as a lack of social support from the Church raise questions to the debatable‚ social and political roles in which the Church must uphold within countries where it had the greatest influence on the citizens as a whole. Throughout this essay‚ I will further explore the deeds of Archbishop Romero’s actions through his devotion to the poor‚ while also analyzing the role of the Catholic Church during the time of the war‚ its position on human rights in this particular case and the opposing positions
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In the case of the Vicarious twins‚ they couldn’t get rid of Nasar’s smell‚ "no matter how much I scrubbed with soap and rags (Marquez 78) The Vicario brothers refuse the priest’s offer to confess them because they think of themselves as morally aligned with the God. While this may be the case‚ it still hurts the Vicario twins’ morals because they
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Catholic Social Teaching Summary The purpose of this doctrine is to help Christians understand what a just society is and how to live their lives in holiness while dealing with everyday challenges. In today’s economy‚ everyone‚ including men and women‚ are all going through different dilemmas daily. Everyone influences one another and that is why it is important to maintain values and principles for which we all live by. Christian understanding and human understanding are not too different. Everyone
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Pasig Catholic College Grade School Department S.Y. 2012-2013 Karen Chrys Jobelle B. Lusterio 6-Diocese of Virac 1) Popular piety refers to religious practices that arise and occur outside of the official faith. Typically the term is used within the context of the Catholic Church forms of popular piety can be seen from as far back as Ancient Rome when the people would practice pious exercises to their goods‚ family and homelands.
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