"You shall not kill." In the Incarnation, Christ assumed human nature and gave an incredible dignity to humanity. This incredible dignity must be defended in every stage and circumstance. Poverty, abortion, war, capital punishment, euthanasia, abuse, and any other degrading condition for the human person must be heroically opposed. This session will explore the ways that we, as Christians, can build up a culture of life amid a society of increasing moral confusion.
Read and Study: United States Catholic Catechism for Adults Chapter 29 (pgs. 387-402)
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