WORLD OF THE TEXT INTRODUCTION Pope John Paul II was a mystic. His poetry reveals to us some glimpse of his mystical personality. He composed poetry when he was a young man and even when he was already a priest. Many of these poems are fruits of his contemplation about the stormy events in his life‚ of his nation‚ and of humanity. Nevertheless‚ what separates him from the pessimists of his time was that he sees things‚ good or bad; in the light of God’s love for him. With that background‚ we
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In the long-awaited 184-page environmental treatise‚ titled Laudato Si’‚ or Praise Be to You‚ published by Vatican Press in June 2015‚ Pope Francis described how apathy and the reckless pursuit of profits‚ excessive faith in technology and political shortsightedness‚ along with the relentless exploitation and destruction of the environment‚ are to blame. Encyclicals are letters to the clergy and laity of the church that are considered authoritative. The document was sent to the world’s 5‚000 Catholic
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Many people were struggling to survive and the dynamics of public interactions and relations were disjointed—no one was in unison. The Church recognized this problem of disunion not just within secular society‚ but also within the Christian faiths. Pope John XXIII sought out to mend these conflicts both in Christianity and in society. Thus‚ he convoked a new council that he would later name‚ the Second Vatican Council. Gaudium et spes was issued at the closing of the council and addressed the problems
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Laudato Si encyclical by Pope Francis is to help humanity recognize and realize the damage humanity is causing to the environment and the living people. It also talks about the religious‚ spiritual‚ and moral causes that ruin the relationship of man with nature. In addition‚ Francis also comprised The Canticle of the Creatures‚ which is also known as The Canticle of Brother Sun. It includes three sections; the first section includes the praise of God for all his creations. The Second section includes
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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 to help shed light on his view of the economic market. Pope Francis’s theory on how the economic market go directly with the principles of Catholic Social
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and slowly worked his way up the ranks of the Church. Angelo came to be the head of the church taking on the name Pope John XXIII on the 28th of October 1958 when he took charge of the Vatican until the 3rd of June 1963‚ the day of his death‚ aged 81. He has since been canonised a saint on the 27th of April‚ 2014. Pope John XXIII has been labelled after his death as “the good pope” as his vision carried the Church forward‚ guiding it towards a new age. "The Church should never depart from the sacred
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The corrupt church was failing more and more and the leaders in the church didn’t do much good to help it‚ and in fact they were the ones bringing the church to its knees. Four of the popes within the church became perpetrators‚ Pope Boniface VII‚ Pope Alexander VI‚ Pope Gregory XI‚ and Pope John XXIII. Pope Boniface VIII started his decline when he had a firm policy when dealing with someone‚ and therefore he refused compromising‚ and because of this it ended up being harmful towards him. More so
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Pope Leo 13 had greatly effected and impacted the Church. He has been considered the founder of the Catholic Social Teaching. His changes effected not only the church‚ but working conditions in the past generations leading up until now. Pope Leo 13 had accomplished many things in his life such as‚ becoming Pope‚ justifying working conditions‚ and effecting the church and people of the Church in the past‚ the present‚ and the many generations ahead of us. After Vincenzo completed his early studies
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child in his life is a hero to me. ” (Fred Rodgers) Saint John Paul II certainly portrayed this quote well. The wonderful man had the ability to stay alive and faithful to others during World War II while his father got sick. He was able to spread the good news of the Lord to countless people. He made extreme changes in the political government that changed the lives of so many. He helped couples have a stronger relationship. Saint John Paul came to the rescue when children of all ages were struggling
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Before the Second Vatican Council‚ the Catholic Church was regarded as having a relatively negative view towards other religions in the world. This idea came from a teaching by Saint Cyprian of Carthage in the third century and was widely followed since then until the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. He used the Latin phrase‚ “Extra ecclesiam nulla salus‚” which translates to‚ “Outside the Church there is no salvation.” He wrote this in a letter that was sent during a time of question about
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