A mother and father each bring something unique and irreplaceable to child-rearing that the other cannot.
A person who denies even one article of our faith could not be a Catholic; for truth is one and we must accept it whole and entire or not at all.
As an ancient axiom states, the Church makes the Eucharist, and the Eucharist makes the Church.
Christian morality and God's law are not arbitrary, but are specifically given to us for our happiness.
Freedom comes from being moral. Slavery to sin arises from being immoral.
Human freedom is more than a capacity to choose between this and that. It is the God-given power to become who he created us to be and so to share eternal union with him.
It is false and absurd to say that we should remain in error after we have discovered it.
Scripture alone is insufficient. Authoritative teaching is also needed.
Since we have the obligation to obey our conscience, we also have the great responsibility to see that it is formed in a way that reflects the true moral good.
Some acts are always wrong--that is, intrinsically evil--and may never be done, no matter what the intention or the circumstances.
The Bible is not a scientific textbook and should never be read as such….
The Church can, when necessary, change the laws it has itself made, but it cannot change the laws that Christ has made.
The name of God must never be used to support immoral acts.
There can be only one true religion, because a thing cannot be false and true at the same time…[so] all religions that contradict the teaching of the true Church must teach falsehood.
There is no bigotry in treating genuinely different things differently.
There is no intrinsic conflict between science and religion.
To say that we should remain in a false religion because we were born in it is as untrue as to say we should not heal our bodily diseases because we were born with them.
We believe that every person is precious [and] that people are more important than things….
We believe…the measure of every institution is whether it threatens or enhances the life and dignity of the human person.
We must always distinguish very carefully between the abuses to which a devotion may lead and the truths upon which the devotion rests.
We must not seek martyrdom, though we must endure it when it comes.
We need to safeguard property rights, pay our debts, and fulfill obligations freely incurred.
We turn to holy people for their prayers because they seem nearer to God. Why would we stop asking saints for their prayers after they die? If…they are in heaven, would not their prayers be even more effective?
