“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 instructor has to teach history, cosmogony, psychology, ethics, the laws of nations. How can he do it without saying anything favorable or unfavorable about the beliefs of evangelical Christians, Catholics, Socinians, Deists, pantheists, materialists, or fetish worshipers, who all claim equal rights under American institutions? His teaching will indeed be "the play of Hamlet, with the part of Hamlet omitted."” PlayChristianLawBeliefNationsTeachPsychologyRightsTeachingEqualEthicsClaimsCatholicInstitutionsEqual RightsEvangelicalInstructorsFetishDeist Author:Robert Dabney
“I am far more concerned about policies of the Democratic administration and Democratic Party that infringe on the rights of religious institutions and practices and open the door for using taxpayer dollars for abortions, to which many Americans have profound moral objections. Those are steps that would show a lack of respect for Catholics and their institutions.” ShowsReligiousPartyMoralStepsPracticeRightsDoorsPolicyConcernedCatholicInstitutionsDollarsDemocraticProfoundAdministrationAbortionDemocratic PartyTaxpayersObjectionsLack Of Respect Author:John I. Jenkins
“My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over women's rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old.” YearsMotherSocialJusticeIssuesRightsStyleCatholicSocial JusticeConservativeWomens RightsTribesOld FashionedBaroque Author:Geraldine Brooks
“It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken away by legislation of 1890.” TakenRightsCatholicPrivilegeEnjoyedMinoritiesLegislationRoman CatholicRights And Privileges Author:Charles Tupper
“In the Catholic view of things, abortion is a justice issue, not an issue of sexual morality... it is a civil rights issue, arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time.” JusticeViewsIssuesRightsMoralityCatholicCivil RightsOur TimeAbortionEuthanasia Book:The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored Source: The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored
“A woman who sets her rights, the supposed right to privacy or right over her own body, above the life of another human being is saying that a woman's rights are superior to human rights. She has put herself above the human race, she has made herself the executor over life and death. Is that a woman's right?” HumansMadeBodyHuman BeingsRaceRightsCatholicHuman RightsSuperiorsHuman RaceLife And DeathPrivacyWomens RightsRight To PrivacyExecutors Author:Janet E. Smith
“You may be surprised to learn that, in our law, although the fetus is currently without the right to life, it does have some rights. For instance, under civil law, the unborn child has the right to inherit part of his father's estate should his father die before he is born, and he has the right to sue his Mother, or a doctor, for injuiries sustained while in the womb.” ShouldMayChildrenDoeLawMotherDiesFatherBornRightsDoctorsCatholicInstanceEstatesWombUnbornRight To LifeFetusUnborn Child Author:Janet E. Smith
“Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed, the very right to life is being denied or trampled upon, especially at the more significant moments of existence: the moment of birth and the moment of death.” PersonsMomentsAgeLife IsValuesExistenceRightsBirthCatholicSignificantDeniedValue Of LifeRight To LifeSignificant Moments Book:The Encyclicals of John Paul II Source: The Encyclicals of John Paul II
“Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become clear to see Jesus around us.” EyeJesusInterestClearRightsAmbitionCatholicPrivilege Author:Mother Teresa