{"id":53708,"date":"2025-05-13T16:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/?page_id=53708"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:47:30","slug":"social-issues-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/contemporary-issues\/social-issues-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Issues List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A List of Social Issues<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
Below is a list of contemporary social issues and the path forward for our cultural, economic, and political structures according to the great treasure of the Church's social teaching. Please click and internalize.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Caring for Our Common Home<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

The Problems with Democratic Socialism<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

How We Must Approach Healthcare<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Forming Responsible Immigration Policies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Abortion is Never Acceptable<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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It is our special task to order and throw light upon all the affairs of the world in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ:\u00a0\u201clet the laity<\/strong> also by their combined efforts remedy the customs and conditions of the world<\/strong>.\u201d<\/h5>\n

Lumen Gentium, 36<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Transgenderism<\/a><\/h2>

We are facing a\u00a0crisis<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in human sexuality<\/strong>\u00a0caused by a representation of human anthropology that cancels out differences between men and women.<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Abortion<\/a><\/h2>

One of the most divisive issues during the past 50 years! Why is the Church so one-sided<\/strong> (and must always be so)?<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Racism<\/div>

Racism in the United States<\/a><\/h2>

The belief humanity can be divided into separate and 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 such an insidious \u201cism\u201d<\/strong>? CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Democratic Socialism<\/a><\/h2>

Candidates for President of the United States and many in congress espouse this as an alternative model for our country<\/strong>. What, exactly, is it?<\/strong> What does the Catholic Church say?<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Climate<\/div>

Climate Change<\/a><\/h2>

One political party committed the US to the Paris Agreement and proposes a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d<\/strong>. Another party withdrew from the Paris Agreement and inimically opposes<\/strong> the other\u2019s proposal. What does Catholic social teaching say?<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Immigration<\/a><\/h2>

The Church recognizes the rights of nations to govern and protect themselves in the interests of the Common Good 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(Gaudium et Spes)<\/a><\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Universal Healthcare<\/a><\/h2>

US health care is, in many ways, the envy of the world<\/strong>. Would universal<\/strong>, or<\/strong> national, healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0improve it?<\/strong> See how Catholic social teaching can inform the discussion!<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Euthanasia<\/a><\/h2>

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[w]e must accompany people towards death, but not provoke death<\/strong>\u00a0or facilitate any form of suicide.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Family<\/a><\/h2>

The answer<\/strong> to the dangers to our society.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0future of humanity<\/b>\u00a0passes <\/strong>by way of the family.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(Pope St. John Paul II, 86)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Marriage<\/a><\/h2>

The foundation of the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"[T]ranscends the feelings <\/strong>and momentary needs of the couple\u201d. It is born \u201cfrom the depth of the obligation\u00a0<\/strong>assumed by the spouses\". (Pope Francis, 66)<\/a> <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h2>

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

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dignity of Work<\/a><\/h2>

\"We were\u00a0created<\/strong>\u00a0with a vocation\u00a0to work<\/strong>.\"<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Gun Control<\/a><\/h2>

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

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Overpopulation<\/a><\/h2>

From the Church\u2019s perspective, 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

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Climate<\/div>

The Death Penalty<\/a><\/h2>

The Church's historical teaching, the changes Pope Francis made, and what the Church teaches now.<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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COVID-19<\/a><\/h2>

The Crisis and<\/strong> the Cure<\/strong>: How does Catholic social teaching evaluate governments\u2019 response?<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Common Good<\/a><\/h2>

The Common Good is\u00a0not<\/strong> a principle, but an aspirational 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(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1906)<\/a><\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Physical Environment<\/a><\/h2>

This is about more than<\/strong> \u2018just\u2019 protecting<\/strong> the environment. There are profound spiritual dimensions involved.<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Integral Ecology<\/a><\/h2>

The solution to all<\/strong> our environmental problems!<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Human Environment<\/a><\/h2>

\u201c[W]e must also mention the more serious destruction<\/strong> of the human environment, something which is by no means receiving the attention it deserves.\u201d\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Four Dangers to Society<\/a><\/h2>

The Church identifies the major \u2018risks and problems\u2019 eating away at our cultural, economic and political systems. What are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Consumerism<\/div>

Consumerism<\/a><\/h2>

Having and wanting 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

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Environmental Degradation<\/a><\/h2>

Yes! The environment is in danger. But, it is actually worse<\/strong> (and, more complicated) than you think<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Alienation<\/a><\/h2>

Society and individuals are alienated! We are \u201cmarked by a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019<\/strong> that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Francis, 1)<\/em><\/span><\/a> \u00a0The consequences are devastating!<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Radical Secularism<\/h2>

[COMING SOON]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatest challenge of our time\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Why?<\/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(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/em>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Sound familiar?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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How to Vote<\/a><\/h2>

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. (Pope Francis)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n

CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Transgenderism<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Abortion<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Racism in the United States<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Democratic Socialism<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Climate Change<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Immigration<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Universal Healthcare<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Euthanasia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Family<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Marriage<\/a><\/div>\n\n
The Dignity of Work<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Gun Control<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Overpopulation<\/a><\/div>\n\n
The Death Penalty<\/a><\/div>\n\n
The COVID-19 Response<\/a><\/div>\n\n
The Common Good<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Our Physical Environment<\/a><\/div>\n\n
What is Integral Ecology?<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Our Human Environment<\/a><\/div>\n\n
The Four Pathologies<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Consumerism<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Environmental Degradation<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Alienation<\/a><\/div>\n\n
How to Vote<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We Must Address Today's Ills<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
It is our special task to order and throw light upon all the affairs of the world in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ:\u00a0\u201clet the laity<\/strong> also by their combined efforts remedy the customs and conditions of the world<\/strong>.\u201d<\/h5>\n

Lumen Gentium, 36<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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The Church's Role vs. My Role<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

The Church's role is to guide our consciences. \"This is where Catholic social doctrine has its place...its aim is simply to help purify reason and to contribute, here and now, to the acknowledgement and attainment of what is just.\"\u00a0(Pope\u00a0Benedict XVI,\u00a028)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Our role is to implement Catholic social teaching in the public square. As Pope St. John Paul II said, \"To destroy structures and replace them with more authentic forms of living in community is a task which demands courage and patience.\" (Centesimus Annus, 38)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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There are structures of society that need to be destroyed.<\/strong> There are structures that need to be built. This \"Just ordering of society... is proper to the lay faithful\". (Pope\u00a0Benedict XVI, 29)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Catholic social teaching is not a theory, it is \"above all else a basis and a motivation for action.\"\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 57)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"We, Christians, cannot \u2018play Pilate\u2019 and wash our hands\u2026We must participate in politics because politics is one of the highest forms of charity because it seeks the common good. And Christian lay people must work in politics.\"\u00a0(Pope Francis)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Indeed, \"Politics is an essential means of building human community and institutions\". (Pope Francis)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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