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What is Legitimate Defense?
A person has the right to defend one’s life and the lives of other people against an unjust aggressor.
The Church teaches that public authorities have the right and duty to defend its citizens against unjust aggressors.
What is a Pacifist?
A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable.
(5th Comm)
What is Modesty?
A virtue to help you control your sexual desires to be used according to your state in life.
[6th/9th Comm]
What is Fidelity?
Marital faithfulness, in good times and in bad, between a husband and wife; fidelity requires reserving all sexual activity and affection only for each other.
[6th/9th Comm]
What is Contraception?
“Any action which, either in anticipation of the conjugal act, or in its accomplishment, or in the development of its natural consequences, proposes, whether as an end or as a means, to render procreation impossible” (Humanae Vitae 14).
[6th/9th Comm]
What is Natural Family Planning (NFP)?
Being aware of a woman’s natural fertility times and avoiding intercourse during the fertile times to avoid pregnancy.
[6th/9th Comm]
What is Infertility?
The physical incapacity of a female or male to procreate.
[6th/9th Comm]
What is Social Justice?
The form of justice that applies the Gospel message of Jesus Christ to the structures, systems, and laws of society in order to protect the dignity of persons and guarantee the rights of individuals; ensuring all people are treated with dignity and have their needs met.
[7th/10th Comm]
What is Avarice?
The passionate desire for riches and the power that comes from them.
(10th Comm)
