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Social Encyclicals (Pope BL. John Paul II (Centesimus Annus (he restates…

- - - - abortion: against fundamental law of human nature
      - euthanasia: against fundamental law of human nature
      - assisted suicide
      - contraception
      - death penalty: growing tendency to demand that it be applied to a very limited way or to be abolished completely
      - sterilization
- - - - Invoked lives of canonized saints such as St. Augustine.
      - Told Christians to take an active part in the political process.
      - Urged Christians to form their consciences.
      - Identified that charity is the highest form of love.
      - Charity as part of Church's threefold mission along with sacraments and proclamation of the Gospel.
      - Examined different forms of love.
      - Means "God is Love"
      - Provides theological foundations for the exercise of charity in society.
      - Promulgated in 2005