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Pope - Urgent Need To Educate Laity in Church Social Doctrine
The Examiner ^ | 11/5/10 | Joseph Speranzella SFO

Posted on 11/05/2010 6:36:35 AM PDT by Catholic Examiner

"Only with charity, supported by hope and illuminated by the light of faith and reason, is it possible to achieve the goals of the integral liberation of man and universal justice", the Holy Father writes.


TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics; Theology
KEYWORDS: socialdoctrine; vanity

1 posted on 11/05/2010 6:36:40 AM PDT by Catholic Examiner
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To: Catholic Examiner

Who’s going to do it? With all due respect to the Pope I suggest that he instruct the priesthood first - and discipline those who teach something else.


2 posted on 11/05/2010 6:42:10 AM PDT by RonF
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To: Catholic Examiner

Pope Benedict is making it VERY clear that some Catholics have warped the Church’s social teaching into something it was not meant to be. You will see the increasing attention given to evangelization.....of both poorly catechized Catholics and others.

Let’s pray for this. ;-)


3 posted on 11/05/2010 6:50:36 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: RonF
Hear, hear.

I'm tired of hearing mass petitions for our “leaders” to enact laws of social justice.

If you're taking my money and giving it to someone else, it isn't charity on my part. It's subservience to government.

4 posted on 11/05/2010 7:28:22 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (In last year's nests, there are no birds this year.)
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To: SumProVita

Amen!


5 posted on 11/06/2010 7:34:43 AM PDT by Catholic Examiner
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To: ConservativeWarrior

agreed! It is not charity at all but the blind leading the blind into a ditch so to speak.


6 posted on 11/06/2010 7:36:15 AM PDT by Catholic Examiner
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I think that if Catholics or any faith are properly instructed in reading the scriptures so they get converted , Christ will work through them in the world..no need for lists and rules


7 posted on 11/06/2010 10:32:29 AM PDT by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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