On families.
In a midday - For the former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television program of the same name see Midday (CBC).
- For the temporal concept, see noon.
address in Vatican City Vatican City (văt`ĭkən), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within the city of Rome, Italy, and the residence of the pope, who is its absolute ruler. on October 8, the Pope encouraged families to go against cultural fashions that are inspired by hedonism hedonism (hē`dənĭz'əm) [Gr.,=pleasure], the doctrine that holds that pleasure is the highest good. Ancient hedonism expressed itself in two ways: the cruder form was that proposed by Aristippus and the early Cyrenaics, who believed and relativism relativism
Any view that maintains that the truth or falsity of statements of a certain class depends on the person making the statement or upon his circumstances or society. Historically the most prevalent form of relativism has been See also ethical relativism. . He also appealed to public officials to support families.
Again on October 19, he reminded Catholic politicians especially that their "choices and programs cannot go against human life or the family." He pointedly referred to the defence of human life in all its phases. Although the Church is not a political agent, he emphasized, she is "profoundly concerned for the good of the political community, whose soul is justice (Zenit)."
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