{"id":42389,"date":"2021-05-13T20:17:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T20:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappusa.wpengine.com\/?page_id=42389"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:04:33","slug":"racism-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/racism-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Racism in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_fullwidth  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/racism-in-the-united-states\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Racism in the United States<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2 M-2_grid  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item1 grid-item_gap-fill  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item1 fade-text et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-1_grid-item1_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-1_grid-item1_text\">\n<p>Can be Thwarted by Catholic Social Teaching<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item3 fade-text et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-2_grid-item3_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-2_grid-item3_text\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0;\">The Church Condemns Racism<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item2 grid-item_gap-fill  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item2 fade-text et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-2_grid-item2_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-2_grid-item2_text\">\n<p>Cannot be Overcome with Violence<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 mosaic_width et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cThe Church <strong>reproves<\/strong>, as foreign to the mind of Christ, <strong>any discrimination<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. Paul VI, 5<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe Church's doctrine affirms\u2026<strong>all racist theories are contrary to Christian faith and love<\/strong>\u2026Racism and racist acts must be condemned.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Church and Racism, 33<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span> Find What You're Looking For <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/racism-in-the-united-states\/#condemns\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Church Condemns Racism<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/racism-in-the-united-states\/#practical\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Practical and Spiritual<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/racism-in-the-united-states\/#antidote\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Antidote to Racism<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_10 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/racism-in-the-united-states\/#institutional\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>How Do We Address Institutional Racism?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/racism-in-the-united-states\/#summary\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>In Summary<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"condemns\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_5 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_7 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Church Condemns Racism<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_12 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Agreeing that: \u201c<strong>Any doctrine of superiority<\/strong> based on the difference <strong>between races<\/strong> <strong>is <\/strong>scientifically false, morally condemnable and socially <strong>unjust and dangerous<\/strong>\u201d.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/professionalinterest\/pages\/cerd.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_6 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_8 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_13 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li>\"It is therefore <strong>inconceivable for those who accept the Gospel message<\/strong>...to deny fundamental human equality in the name of the alleged superiority of a race or ethnic group\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/en\/speeches\/1978\/january\/documents\/hf_p-vi_spe_19780114_corpo-diplomatico.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. Paul VI)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhoever exalts race\u2026<strong>distorts and perverts<\/strong> <strong>an order of the world<\/strong> planned and created by God\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mit-brennender-sorge\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 8)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\"We <strong>cannot<\/strong> tolerate or<strong> turn a blind eye to racism<\/strong> and exclusion in any form\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200603_udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_7 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_9 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_14  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">There is a Need to be Clear!<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_8 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/racism-segragation-civil-rights-vintage-worker-racist-black-america.jpg\" alt=\"Historical racism in the United States is shown by a black and white photograph of a black worker polishing a window with a &quot;Whites Only&quot; sign\" title=\"racism-historical-segragation-civil rights-vintage-worker-racist-black-america\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_15 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What is Racism?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"Racism as such is applied to <strong>contempt for a race characterized by its ethnic origin, color or language<\/strong>\". <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; color: #054368;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"<strong>Racism is a sin<\/strong> that constitutes a serious offence against God.\"<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/angelus\/2001\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_ang_20010826.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"Racism is\u2026<strong>a cause of division and hatred<\/strong> within countries whenever individuals and families see\u2026themselves <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">unjustly subjected to a regime of discrimination because of their race or their color.\" <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 63)<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"<strong>The Christian should never<\/strong> make racist claims or indulge in racist or discriminatory behavior\". <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/justpeace\/documents\/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20010829_comunicato-razzismo_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Contribution to World Conference Against Racism, 6)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_12 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sign-racial-tension-protest-critical-race-theory-crt.jpeg\" alt=\"A sign labelled &quot;Creating Racial Tension&quot; criticizes Critical Race Theory as exacerbating racism in the United States\" title=\"sign-racial-tension-protest-critical-race-theory-crt\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_16 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What About Critical Race Theory, BLM, \u201cEquity<span style=\"font-size: 23px;\">\u201d<\/span>...?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"Today <strong>racism has not disappeared<\/strong>. There are even troubling new manifestations of it\u201d. <span style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">(The Church and Racism, 8)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Church is \u201cconcerned with preventing victims from having recourse to violent struggle and thus <strong>falling into a racism similar to that which they are rejecting<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 27)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"If, in fact, race defines a human group\u2026racist behavior, can be applied\u2026to all persons\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">(The Church and Racism, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cNo foundation therefore remains for any theory or practice that leads to discrimination\".<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 5)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_0 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"Acts of <strong>discrimination<\/strong>...<strong>must<\/strong> <strong>be<\/strong> denounced and brought to light without hesitation and <strong>strongly rejected<\/strong>\". <span style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">(The Church and Racism, 26)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cThe <strong>victims <\/strong>of racism, wherever they may be, <strong>must be defended<\/strong>.\" <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">(The Church and Racism, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"None but <strong>superficial minds<\/strong> could\u2026attempt to lock within the\u2026<strong>narrow limits of a single race<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mit-brennender-sorge\/#10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 10)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_13 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/march-protest-priest-talk-muslim-protester-blm-sign-catholic.jpg\" alt=\"A Priest and a Muslim wearing face masks talk at a Black Lives Matter protest against racism in the United States\" title=\"march-protest-priest-talk-muslim-protester-blm-sign-catholic\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_17 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What Does the Church Propose?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cThe Church proposes the unity of the human family, embracing people who enjoy equal natural dignity\u201d. <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P6K.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1911)<\/a><br \/><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The Church wants <strong>first and foremost to change racist attitudes<\/strong>, including those within her own communities. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Why?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cThe Church founded by the Redeemer is one, the same for all races\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mit-brennender-sorge\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 18)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cAs God's sun shines on every human face so His law knows neither privilege nor exception.\u201d <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mit-brennender-sorge\/#10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 10)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">This is why \u201c<strong>All forms of discrimination must be firmly opposed<\/strong>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"practical\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_9 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_11 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_18  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">What About in Practice?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_10 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_12 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_15 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/women-holding-hands-black-white-friendship-solidarity-friend-respect-together.jpg\" alt=\"A black and a white woman clasp hands together, symbolizing how we can get beyond racism in the United States\" title=\"women-holding-hands-black-white-friendship-solidarity-friend-respect-together\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_19 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">It's Practical<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201c[I]t is important to educate to a positive appreciation of the <strong>complementary diversity of peoples<\/strong>.\" <em style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; color: #054368;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Because,\u201c<strong>[W]ithout education<\/strong> <strong>in moral values<\/strong>\u2026every construction of peace remains fragile; it is even doomed to failure\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/speeches\/1985\/january\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_spe_19850112_corpo-diplomatico.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 7)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Therefore, \u201cShe patiently prepares <strong>a change in mentality<\/strong> without which structural changes would be in vain.\u201d <em style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; color: #054368;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(The Church and Racism, 27)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_1 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cShe offers a place for <strong>reconciliation<\/strong>\u201d. <em style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; color: #054368;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_16 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/woman-pray-church-christian-worhsip-God-prayer-pew.jpg\" alt=\"A woman prays in the pews of a mostly empty Church, showing how combatting racism in the United States must be a spiritual battle\" title=\"woman-pray-church-christian-worhsip-God-prayer-pew\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_20 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">It's Spiritual<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; color: #054368;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"She preaches love\". <span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 27)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"She appeals\u2026to the <strong>moral and religious sense<\/strong> of people.\u201d <span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cShe invites all to act in such a way that <strong>hatred be banished<\/strong>.\u201d <span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 27)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cShe asks God to<strong> change hearts<\/strong>.\u201d <span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_2 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"<strong>Despite the sinful limitations of her members<\/strong>, yesterday and today, she is aware of having been <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">constituted <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>witness to Christ\u2019s charity<\/strong> on earth, a sign and instrument of the unity of <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">humankind.\u201d <span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"antidote\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_11 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_13 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_17  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_21 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Solution is Catholic Social Teaching<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_22  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">First: We need to recognize everyone's human dignity!<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_14 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_18  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/man-prayer-black-white-arms-friends-group-together-pray.jpg\" alt=\"A white man and a black man with their arms around each other&#039;s shoulders pray together, showing how to combat racism in the United States\" title=\"man-prayer-black-white-arms-friends-group-together-pray\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_23  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Solidarity<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_24  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In fact, solidarity is \"<strong>the only path forward<\/strong>, out of the complete moral bankruptcy of racial prejudice\".<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/homilies\/1995\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_hom_19950917_johannesburg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 4)<\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cWe cannot truly call on God, the Father of all, if we refuse to treat in a brotherly way any man, created as he is in the image of God.\"<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 5)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Therefore, \"The message [the Church] proposes to everyone, and which she tries to live is: \u2018<strong>Every person is my brother or sister<\/strong>.'\"\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #666666; background-color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cMan's relation to God the Father and his relation to men his brothers are so linked together that Scripture says: '<strong>He who does not love does not know God<\/strong>' (1 John 4:8).\"<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 5)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_left et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_1 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/solidarity\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Solidarity<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_19  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/children-play-run-smile-laugh-grass-event-friends-boy-girl.jpg\" alt=\"A white girl and a black boy play together in a field, showing how we can combat racism in the United States by recognizing human dignity\" title=\"children-play-run-smile-laugh-grass-event-friends-boy-girl\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_25  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Human Dignity<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_26  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>No one is born racist<\/strong> or without the ability to reject racism. And...<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY OUR <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">DIGNITY!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This <strong>prime principle of Catholic Social Teaching<\/strong> <span>\"is the most profound reason for the inviolability of human dignity against every attempt to evaluate the person according to utilitarian and power-based criteria.\"<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/audiences\/2013\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20130206.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This \u201c<strong>Truth calls for the elimination<\/strong> of every trace <strong>of racial discrimination<\/strong>\". <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/pacem-in-terris\/#86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John XXIII, 86)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cRespect for every person and every race is <strong>respect for basic rights<\/strong>, dignity and fundamental equality\u201d. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666;\"><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandevelopment.va\/content\/dam\/sviluppoumano\/pubblicazioni-documenti\/archivio\/diritti-umani\/The%20Church%20against%20Racism%202001-1988.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Church and Racism, 33)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_3 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;\">\u201c[T]he <strong>Catholic Church c<\/strong>onsiders it its duty <strong>to <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>preach<\/strong> the <strong>equal dignity of all human beings<\/strong>, created by God in His image\u201d. <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/justpeace\/documents\/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20010829_comunicato-razzismo_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Contribution to World Conference Against Racism, 6)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"<strong>Flowing from [human dignity]<\/strong> are the two other key principles: <strong>solidarity<\/strong> and <strong>subsidiarity<\/strong>. These principles, <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\">put into practice, result in the <strong>common good<\/strong>.\" <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/justpeace\/documents\/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20010829_comunicato-razzismo_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #054368;\">(Contribution to World Conference Against Racism, 15)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_2_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_left et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_2 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/human-dignity\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Human Dignity<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_20  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/woman-speaker-conference-group-talk-debate-question.jpg\" alt=\"At a women&#039;s business dinner, a woman of color stands up to speak, showing our responsibility to stand up against racism in the United States\" title=\"woman-speaker-conference-group-talk-debate-question\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_27  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Subsidiarity<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_28  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\u201cSubsidiarity <strong>respects personal dignity<\/strong> by recognizing in the person a subject who is always capable of giving something to others.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em style=\"font-size: 14px;\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 57)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>No actual or established power has the right to deprive peoples of the full exercise of their sovereignty.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150709_bolivia-movimenti-popolari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 3.2)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cExperience has shown that <strong>where personal initiative is lacking, political tyranny ensues<\/strong>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John XXIII, 57)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe value of <strong>human dignity\u2026takes precedence <\/strong>over all political decision-making\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2006\/01\/europe-and-its-discontents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_4 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The principle of subsidiarity lies at the heart of a stable social order by <strong>fostering the personal responsibility that naturally accompanies individual liberty<\/strong> \u2013 ensuring that personal interest is not placed in opposition to societal interests \u2013 and by seeking to <strong>bring individual desires<\/strong> and the <strong>demands of the common good<\/strong> into fruitful <strong>harmony<\/strong>.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_3_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_left et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_3 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/subsidiarity\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Subsidiarity<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"institutional\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_12 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_15 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_21  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_29  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">What About Institutional Racism?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_4_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_4 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/institutional-racism\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Click here<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"summary\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_13 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_16 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_22  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_30  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">In Summary<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_17 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_23  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_31 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe members of mankind <strong>share the same basic rights and duties<\/strong>, as well as <strong>the same supernatural destiny\u2026all<\/strong> should be <strong>equal<\/strong> before the law, find equal admittance to economic, cultural, civic and social life and benefit from a fair sharing of the nation\u2019s riches.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/octogesima-adveniens\/#16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. Paul VI, 16<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_32 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThose who have a sure hope, guaranteed by the Spirit... say: <strong>Outward appearances<\/strong> will <strong>no longer<\/strong> be our <strong>standard in judging other men<\/strong>.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/enlargingtheheart.wordpress.com\/tag\/flesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Cyril of Alexandria<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_14 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_18 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_24  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_33 mosaic_width et_animated  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Catholic Social Teaching and Other Issues<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_19 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_25  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_26  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"issues-slider\" class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_0 mosaic-width et_animated et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_0 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et-pb-active-slide\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2.png 2160w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-1280x1280.png 1280w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2160px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47948\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/male-female-transgenderism\/\">Transgenderism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are facing a\u00a0<em><strong>crisis<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong>in human sexuality<\/strong>\u00a0caused by a representation of human anthropology that cancels out differences between men and women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_1 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/abortion\/\">Abortion<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most divisive issues during the past 50 years! <strong>Why is the Church so one-sided<\/strong> (and must always be so)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_2 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism.jpg\" alt=\"Racism is contrary to Christ and the teachings of the Gospel\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/racism-in-the-united-states\/\">Racism in the United States<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The belief humanity can be divided into separate and <strong>exclusive biological entities with some races innately superior<\/strong> to others. This leads to personal and societal prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity. What does Catholic social teaching have to say about <strong>such an insidious \u201cism\u201d<\/strong>? <strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_3 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png\" alt=\"The Church has consistently spoken out against socialism in all its forms, most recently, democratic socialism\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/socialism\/\">Democratic Socialism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Candidates for President of the United States and many in congress espouse this as <strong>an alternative model for our country<\/strong>. <strong>What, exactly, is it?<\/strong> What does the Catholic Church say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_4 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change.jpg\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/climate-change\/\">Climate Change<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One political party committed the US to the Paris Agreement and proposes <strong>a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d<\/strong>. Another party withdrew from the Paris Agreement and <strong>inimically opposes<\/strong> the other\u2019s proposal. What does Catholic social teaching say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_5 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1.png\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/immigration-overview\/\">Immigration<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Church recognizes the rights of nations to govern and protect themselves in the interests of the Common Good <em><strong>and <\/strong><\/em>\u201c\u2026the right of all men to migrate\u00a0to other countries and to seek conditions worthy of human life for themselves and for their families.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_6 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health.jpg\" alt=\"national health care\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/universal-healthcare\/\">Universal Healthcare<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">US health care is, in many ways, <strong>the envy of the world<\/strong>. Would <strong>universal<\/strong>, <strong>or<\/strong> <strong>national, healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>improve it?<\/strong> See how Catholic social teaching can inform the discussion!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_7 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/\">Euthanasia<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>Without a Christian perspective, the world often seeks to avoid suffering at all costs and strives to make death as painless as possible. It is then that \u201c<strong>[w]e must accompany people towards death, but not provoke death<\/strong>\u00a0or facilitate any form of suicide.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2022\/documents\/20220209-udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_more_button\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_8 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_8\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family.jpg\" alt=\"The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-family\/\">The Family<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The answer<\/strong> to the dangers to our society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe<strong>\u00a0<b>future of humanity<\/b>\u00a0passes <\/strong>by way of the family.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_exh_19811122_familiaris-consortio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 86)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_9 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_9\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage.jpg\" alt=\"marriage\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-family\/\">Marriage<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The<strong> foundation of the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\"[T]ranscends the feelings <\/strong>and momentary needs of the couple\u201d. It is born \u201cfrom the<strong> depth of the obligation\u00a0<\/strong>assumed by the spouses\".<strong><i> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 66)<\/a> <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_10 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_10\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-57654\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/category\/all-articles\/artificial-intelligence\/\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do we ensure that digital systems, like AI, remain ordered to the human person, to authentic work, to truth, and to the common good?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_11 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_11\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7.png\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/dignity-of-work\/\">Dignity of Work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We were\u00a0<strong>created<\/strong>\u00a0with a vocation<strong>\u00a0to work<\/strong>.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_12 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-53069\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/gun-control-pros-and-cons-and-self-defense\/\">Gun Control<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>It is one of the most divisive and painful issues in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0Gun ownership is an issue where there is legitimate diversity of opinion. How does the Church reconcile self-defense with the sacredness of human life?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_13 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_13\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-56825\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/overpopulation\/\">Overpopulation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">From the Church\u2019s perspective, <strong>the problem was never people themselves. <\/strong>The real question is not how many people the Earth can hold, but how we understand the human person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_14 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_14\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-52440\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-death-penalty\/\">The Death Penalty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Church's historical teaching, the changes Pope Francis made, and what the Church teaches now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_15 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_15\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg\" alt=\"Covid-19 is tearing families, communities, and nations apart. Catholic social teaching can guide us through it.\" data-et-multi-view=\"{&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;attrs&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/capp-usa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/Covid.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Covid-19 is tearing families, communities, and nations apart. Catholic social teaching can guide us through it.&quot;},&quot;phone&quot;:{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/capp-usa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/CAPP_CrisisInfog-2004_Icons_medical-supplie.png&quot;}},&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;hover_selector&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;et_pb_slide&quot;}\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/covid19\/\">COVID-19<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong>Crisis and<\/strong> <strong>the Cure<\/strong>: How does Catholic social teaching evaluate governments\u2019 response?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_16 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_16\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png\" alt=\"The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-49168\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-common-good\/\">The Common Good<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Common Good is\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong> a principle, but an aspirational <strong>result<\/strong>: \u201cthe sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily\u201d.\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P6K.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1906)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_17 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_17\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment.jpg\" alt=\"God has called us to be stewards of this world, our physical environment and common home.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/physical-environment\/\">Physical Environment<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>This is <strong>about more than<\/strong> <strong>\u2018just\u2019 protecting<\/strong> the environment. There are profound spiritual dimensions involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_18 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_18\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology.jpg\" alt=\"Physical and human environments are linked and only integral ecology can care or them both.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/integral-ecology\/\">Integral Ecology<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>The <strong>solution to all<\/strong> our environmental problems!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_19 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_19\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment.jpg\" alt=\"How many talk about the serious destruction of our human environment where we grow, live, and work?\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/human-environment\/\">Human Environment<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c[W]e must also mention <strong>the more serious destruction<\/strong> of the human environment, something which is by no means receiving the attention it deserves.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_20 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_20\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi.jpg\" alt=\"The Church has identified four dangers to society, pathologies, eating away at our culture.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/pathologies-overview\/\">The Four Dangers to Society<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Church identifies the major \u2018risks and problems\u2019 eating away at our cultural, economic and political systems. <strong>What are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_21 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_21\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism.jpg\" alt=\"Consumerism is a terrible affliction of the developed world and an affront to human dignity.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/consumerism\/\">Consumerism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>Having and wanting <strong>a lot of \u2018stuff\u2019 is at the heart of several of society\u2019s ills<\/strong>. Which ones? Why does this limit our freedom?<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_22 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_22\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation.jpg\" alt=\"Our environments, both our physical and human (moral), are in peril, in more ways than you likely realize\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/environmental-degradation\/\">Environmental Degradation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes! The environment is in danger. But, <strong>it is actually worse<\/strong> (and, more complicated) <strong>than you think<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_23 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_23\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation.jpg\" alt=\"alienation\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/alienation\/\">Alienation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Society and individuals are alienated! We are \u201cmarked by <strong>a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019<\/strong> that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope Francis, 1)<\/em><\/span><\/a> \u00a0The consequences are devastating!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_24  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_24\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Radical Secularism<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[COMING SOON]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cThe greatest challenge of our time\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/april\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060406_xxi-wyd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0<span><strong>Why?<\/strong> Radical secularism holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. But, \u201cWithout truth, without trust and love for what is true...social action ends up serving private interests and the logic of power.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/em>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Sound familiar?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_25 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_25\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-52428\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-voting\/\">How to Vote<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Participation in politics is a Christian obligation: <\/strong>\u201cWe, Christians, cannot \u2018play Pilate\u2019 and wash our hands\u2026We must participate in politics because politics is one of the highest forms of charity\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2013\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130607_scuole-gesuiti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Francis)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_27  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_16 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_20  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_28  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_34 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Why These Issues Matter<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_35 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Catholic social teaching informs our consciences and requires action from us, the lay faithful. \u201cWorking for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. <strong>It is a moral obligation.<\/strong><br \/>\nFor Christians, the responsibility is even greater: <strong>it is a commandment.<\/strong>\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_36 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150709_bolivia-movimenti-popolari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_2 et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_17  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_21 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_29  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_30  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_1 three-principles et_animated et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_26 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et-pb-active-slide\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_26\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-Key-principle-icons-resized.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-principles\/\">Three Key Principles<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Catholic social teaching is built on three foundational principles -<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Solidarity\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Subsidiarity.\u00a0<em>Human Dignity<\/em><\/strong>, embodied in a correct understanding of the human person, is the greatest. The others flow from it. Good governments and good economic systems find ways of fostering the three principles: \u201cThe State must contribute to the achievement of these goals both directly and indirectly. Indirectly and according to the<em>\u00a0principle of <strong>subsidiarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by creating favorable conditions for the free exercise of economic activity, which will lead to abundant opportunities for employment and sources of wealth. Directly and according to the\u00a0<em>principle of <strong>solidarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by defending the weakest\u201d <em><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 15)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_27 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_27\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Human Dignity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This means a correct understanding of the human person and of each person\u2019s unique value. All Catholic social teaching flows from this: the inherent dignity of every person that comes from being made in God\u2019s image. This is \u201cthe basis not only of the unity of the human family but also of our inviolable <strong>human dignity<\/strong>\u201d (Pope Benedict XVI) and it is in this beginning that human rights are grounded.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_28 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_28\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Solidarity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Solidarity<\/strong> is not \u201ca feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others. It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good\u201d <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/em><\/span>. Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment. \u201cWe cannot believe in God the Father without seeing a brother or sister in every person, and we cannot follow Jesus without giving our lives for those for whom he died on the cross.\u201d<span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/m.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150708_bolivia-benvenuto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> (Pope Francis)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_29 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_29\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Subsidiarity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subsidiarity<\/strong> identifies how decisions in society need to be taken at the lowest competent level. \u201cIt is a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry. So, too, it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and a disturbance of right order to transfer to the larger and higher collectivity functions which can be performed and provided for by the lesser and subordinate bodies\u201d. <span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Pius XI, 79)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_31  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column 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