“An effort to declare the ban on contraception ‘infallible’ would have the immediate effect of focusing Catholic dissent on the doctrine of infallibility itself. . . . A storm of dissent, and even ridicule, directed at infallibility itself would ensue from such a declaration.” EffortEffectsCatholicStormDoctrineDeclarationRidiculeDissentBansInfallibleContraceptionInfallibility Author:Rosemary Radford Ruether
“We do know for sure that good Irish Catholics followed their faith in the direction of inclusion, compassion, equality, justice, and a host of other Catholic values when they voted with the majority despite some clergymen’s efforts to lead them astray.” KnowsValuesJusticeEffortCompassionCatholicMajorityDespiteHostInclusionClergymen Author:Mary E. Hunt
“American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination. With countless other people of good will, they are likewise concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty.” PeopleFormIndividualCommunityReligiousEffortLibertyRightsBuildingConcernConcernedCatholicCommittedDiscriminationUnjustGood WillRejectingReligious LibertySafeguarding Author:Pope Francis
“The "encounter" with the people on the peripheries is intended to draw them into the circle of common care and concern - that call to encounter is, to use a favorite world of John Paul II's, a call to solidarity. And that means, it seems to me, aggressive Catholic efforts to empower the poor - and a profound Catholic challenge to all those cultural forces that are eroding stable families, which are the elementary schools where we learn to take responsibility for our lives, which is the highest exercise of freedom.” PeopleWorldMeanUseSeemsCareSchoolForceChallengesPoorCommonEffortResponsibilityOur LivesExerciseHighestDrawsConcernCatholicProfoundCirclesEncountersEmpoweringAggressiveStableSolidarityTaking ResponsibilityElementary SchoolJohn PaulPeripheryJohn Paul IiCare And Concern Author:George Weigel
“To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.” InspirationFaithFriendshipEffortHealingCatholicCharityOilBurningPhilanthropyVolunteerLampsPhilanthropicCalcuttaHungry For LoveBurning HeartBurning InsideLava Lamps Author:Mother Teresa
“These enemies of divine revelation extol human progress to the skies, and with rash and sacrilegious daring would have it introduced into the Catholic religion as if this religion were not the work of God but of man, or some kind of philosophical discovery susceptible of perfection by human efforts.” IfsMenHumansKindEffortEnemyProgressSkyDivineDiscoveryPerfectionPhilosophicalCatholicRevelationsCatholicismDaringSusceptibleHuman ProgressDivine RevelationSacrilegiousCatholic Religion Author:Pope Pius IX
“Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food, and time donated to Catholic charities should not be misread as a sign for success for volunteerism, but rather a desperate attempt to feed the hungry people when others have abandoned their responsibility.” PeopleNeedsShouldEffortResponsibilityPolicyProgramCatholicCharityHungryDesperateSubstitutesCatholicismAbandonedPublic PolicyVolunteerism Author:John Ricard
“True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.” WorldMeanDoeSchoolPoliticalLyingSocialEffortCatholicEverydayFlightHolinessEveryday LifeInvolvementPolitical Involvement Author:Pope John Paul II
“The greatest act of faith is that which rises to your lips in total darkness together with the sacrifices, sufferings and wholehearted efforts of a determined will to do good. This act of faith strikes through the darkness of your soul like lightening. In the midst of tempest it raises you up and leads you to God.” SoulTogetherSufferingEffortDarknessSacrificeCatholicRaisesLipsDeterminedStrikesYour SoulMidstTempest Author:Pio of Pietrelcina