Catholic Social Teaching and Gospel Nonviolence (From "THE GOD OF PEACE: TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF NONVIOLENCE) Roman Catholic social teaching on justice and peace dates back over one hundred years. In the past thirty years‚ this "new" tradition has opened the door to a theology of peace. A simple review of the church’s social teachings on justice and peace may shed light on our theology of nonviolence. This new theology can learn from Pacem in Terris‚ the Second Vatican Council’s stand on peace
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classified as Nobel Cause Corruption - a belief that good intentions purify bad behavior. For a priest‚ the belief was his own goodness could transform a perversion into a holy act. There is a broad social acceptance that clergy‚ from priests to the Pope are perfect. This goes to a perversion of power that can be twisted. A twenty-five year study of celibacy and priesthood done by Benedictine Monk Richard Sipe‚ Clerical Sex Therapist‚ revealed that at any given time only 50% of Roman Catholic priests
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The Second Vatican Council began in 1962 and ended in 1965. For the first year Pope John XXIII opened the council‚ he unfortunately died in 1963. Pope Paul VI then took over and closed the council in 1965. “A combined total of 2‚865 bishops and prelates attended the council‚ which issued sixteen formal documents” (John and Hardon‚ 2000). The second Vatican promulgated some of the most important documents present in the Catholic religion. They also changed the way the Laity were involved in the church
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CebuOn April 10‚ 1910‚ Pope Pius X separated Samar and Leyte from the Diocese of Cebu‚ and formed them into one diocese‚ with Calbayog as its episcopal see.On October 22‚ 1960 Pope John XXIII created the Diocese of Borongan‚ installing Most Reverend Vicente Reyes‚ D.D.‚ then Auxiliary Bishop of Manila‚ as the First Residential Bishop of Borongan. On June 19‚ 1965‚ the island of Samar was politically divided and the province of Eastern Samar was born. On December 5‚ 1974 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese
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someone cared. The group of people that did this with mother Teresa was known as the Missionaries of Charity. The Missionaries of Charity started to branch throughout the world. The society became an International Religious Family by a decree of Pope Paul VI. In the 1960s Malcolm Muggeridge wrote and produced a documentary called “Something Beautiful for God”. This book brought a wider public attention to the life of
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is an immoral act. It is a very serious sin against the Fifth Commandment and it has been condemned by the Church’s Magisterium throughout all of Catholic social teaching. There are more appropriate ways that we have been taught to solve conflicts. Pope Pius XII even warned us that “Nothing is lost by peace; everything is lost by war.” War itself has been one of the greatest threats to the sacredness of life throughout the entirety of human existence because of its horrible devastation to human
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September 3‚ 2014 ARTCILE: HARVARD SCHOOL OF DIVINITY 1.Many people in their own religion cannot identify someone/something in their religion 2.It is important to study religion‚ so there is a better understanding of the people around us 3.Religion takes on the full affect of people around the world 4.People need to walk up to someone with good intention’s of them and not make a generic assumption 5. We need to study and continue to study in future generations about religion. The more knowledge
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The Second Vatican Council‚ otherwise known as Vatican II‚ radically changed the dynamics of the Catholic Church as it was known. Vatican II was a meeting of the world’s bishops for four sessions between October 11‚ 1962 and December 8‚ 1965. When Pope John XXIII called the Second Vatican Council in 1962 (What are Catholics to think of Vatican II)‚ some people in the Church were fearful of possible changes‚ but the majority of Catholics welcomed the opportunity to change with open arms. Vatican
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"Stupidity is also a gift from God‚ but we mustn’t misuse it." From 1523 up until October 15‚ 1978‚ the pope elected was Italian. That all changed one day later‚ when Karol Wojtyla‚ Pope John Paul II‚ was elected pope. St. Pope John Paul II was and still is a modern day example of Jesus’s love for us. Karol Wojtyla had a hard childhood but did not blame God‚ but dedicated his life to him. He hid from the Nazis‚ took care of his family‚ and served God all at one time. His mother died when he was
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Catholicism. (Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ 2012) However‚ in the 1940’s‚ 50’s and 60’s‚ concepts such as liberalism‚ communism‚ secularism‚ humanism‚ ecumenism and equality were all hot button issues that were affecting both the secular and religious world. Pope John felt that the First Vatican Council failed to address the pastoral aspects of the faith‚ so the Church decided to re-evaluate its practices and try to modernize the Catholic tradition by incorporating aspects of these ideologies into Catholicism
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