Catechism index

2321 IN BRIEF The prohibition of murder does not abrogate the right to render an unjust aggressor unable to inflict harm. Legitimate defense is a grave duty for whoever is responsible for the lives of …
2322 IN BRIEF From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a "criminal" practice (GS 27 # 3), gravely …
2323 IN BRIEF Because it should be treated as a person from conception, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed like every other human being.
2324 IN BRIEF Intentional euthanasia, whatever its forms or motives, is murder. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator.
2325 IN BRIEF Suicide is seriously contrary to justice, hope, and charity. It is forbidden by the fifth commandment.
2326 IN BRIEF Scandal is a grave offense when by deed or omission it deliberately leads others to sin.
2327 IN BRIEF Because of the evils and injustices that all war brings with it, we must do everything reasonably possible to avoid it. the Church prays: "From famine, pestilence, and war, O Lord, deliver …
2328 IN BRIEF The Church and human reason assert the permanent validity of the moral law during armed conflicts. Practices deliberately contrary to the law of nations and to its universal principles are crimes.
2329 IN BRIEF "The arms race is one of the greatest curses on the human race and the harm it inflicts on the poor is more than can be endured" (GS 81 # 3).
2330 IN BRIEF "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God" (Mt 5:9). Previous - Next Copyright © Libreria Editrice Vaticana
2331 I. "Male and Female He Created Them . . ." "God is love and in himself he lives a mystery of personal loving communion. Creating the human race in his own image . . .. God inscribed in the humanity of man …
2332 "God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them"; 115 He blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply"; 116 "When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created." 117 Sexuality affects all aspects of the human person in the unity of his body and soul. It especially concerns affectivity, the capacity to love and to procreate, and in a more general …
2333 "God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them"; 115 He blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply"; 116 "When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created." 117 Everyone, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual identity. Physical, moral, and spiritual difference and complementarity are oriented toward the goods of marriage and the flourishing of family life. the …
2334 "God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them"; 115 He blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply"; 116 "When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created." 117 "In creating men 'male and female,' God gives man and woman an equal personal dignity." 118 "Man is a person, man and woman equally so, since both were created in the image …
2335 "God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them"; 115 He blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply"; 116 "When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created." 117 Each of the two sexes is an image of the power and tenderness of God, with equal dignity though in a different way. the union of man and woman in marriage is …
2336 "God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them"; 115 He blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply"; 116 "When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created." 117 Jesus came to restore creation to the purity of its origins. In the Sermon on the Mount, he interprets God's plan strictly: "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not …
2337 II. The Vocation to Chastity Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his bodily and spiritual being. Sexuality, in which man's belonging to the bodily and …
2338 II. The Vocation to Chastity The chaste person maintains the integrity of the powers of life and love placed in him. This integrity ensures the unity of the person; it is opposed to any behavior that would …
2339 II. The Vocation to Chastity Chastity includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery which is a training in human freedom. the alternative is clear: either man governs his passions and finds peace, or he lets himself be dominated by …
2340 II. The Vocation to Chastity Whoever wants to remain faithful to his baptismal promises and resist temptations will want to adopt the means for doing so: self-knowledge, practice of an ascesis adapted to the situations that confront …