Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•every year 11 million children still die from

completely preventable causes•every minute a woman still dies

during pregnancy or childbirth

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•every day HIV & AIDS kill 6 thousand people•HIV spread twice as fast among uneducated girls than among those with some schooling

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•114 million children still don't get basic education•more than 1 billion people still use unsafe sources of drinking water

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•every day 800 million people still go to bed hungry•many African countries still lose

more through debt than they receive in aid

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•keep quiet?•speak out?•sit back?•stand up?•stand up together?

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•we have a voice•raise your voice•we have a choice •let's stand•stand up•stand up together

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•Both are essential parts of our Catholic identity and our mission. •This is our faith and this is what we teach.

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

If you want peace,

work for justicePope Paul VI Pope Paul VI

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•These apply across many different times & places (but the guidelines for action can change for different societies or period)

•societies are always changing over time creating new situations with different problems & possibilities

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

resist the “culture of death” create a “culture of life” •life inherent value & dignity•sanctity of every human (1) conception (2) natural death

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Will you resist the “culture of death”? Will you create a “culture of life”?

Since person has life and inherent value & dignity whose sanctity begins and ends with conception & natural death,

Will you either STOP! or GO! with stem cell research?

Are you for LIFE!?

or DEATH!?

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

These may be considered as ‘middle axioms’ mediating between the •(1) highly authoritative, but necessarily general & abstract principles for reflection •(2) details of the concrete social reality

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

An effort to find a middle way between •General principles &•Specific & detailed policy-action proposals

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

As ethical criteria, mediating between •the fundamental convictions of the biblical faith •the specific challenges of contemporary ethical issues

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•the fundamental convictions of the biblical faith: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” --John 10:10 NIV•the specific challenges of contemporary ethical issues: Stem cell research, will you go!? or stop!?

Are you for LIFE!?

or DEATH!?

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

These are always dependent on •(1) contingent judgments •(2) information available through human knowledge

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

•A method is necessary to resolve these differences•SEE / JUDGE / ACT

Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges