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just war and: 396
law and: 326
legitimate civil authority and: 326
means and end of: 326
obligation to promote: 324, 423
personal duties towards: 324, 423
political community, the state,
and: 326
private property and: 426
religious freedom and: 41-43
and respect for the environment:
422, 426
solidarity and: 326-27, 337
see also Social justice; Solidarity;
specific topics
Common priesthood of the baptized:
see Priesthood of the faithful
Communication
of God’s goodness (see Evangelization;
Witness, Christian)
social communication media:
434-37
truth and: 429-38
see also
specific topics
Communion
spiritual: 225
the term:
527
see also under
specific topics,
e.g.,
Church: as communion
Communion, Holy
guidelines for intercommunion:
231-32
see also under Eucharist:
Eucharistic celebration
Communion of the Saints:
46, 160-61,
507,
533
includes the faithful on earth, the
souls in Purgatory, and the Saints
in Heaven: 160-61
intercession as an expression
of: 220
Communion, Sacraments at the Service
of:
see Marriage; Orders,
Sacrament of Holy
Community:
121-22
Baptism and: 113
of believers: 25, 114-20
human: 84
liturgy and: 167
see also Common good;
specific
communities,
e.g., Family
Compassion:
427
bishops as requiring: 133
of Christ: 80, 135, 211, 250-51, 296
the Church and: 176
Church members and: 211, 500
of doctor for patient: 398-99
for families: 376
forgiveness and: 242
of God: 247
and holiness: 196
moral life and: 316
for the sick: 250-51
and transforming society: 211, 500
see also
specific situations
Computers
the Internet: 407, 499-500
software, “pirating” of: 419
and theft: 419
Conception
of Christ: 144, 263
and respect for human life: 43, 211,
392, 401
and the right to life: 391
sexual union and: 409
see also under Mary, Blessed Virgin:
Immaculate Conception of
Concupiscence:
70, 74, 190, 444,
507
carnal (see Lust)
the Commandments and: 443-44,
449, 455
fight against: 242
meaning and kinds of:
443-44,
507
Original Sin and: 70, 74, 192, 310,
319, 444 (see also Original Sin)
sin and: 70, 192, 194, 310, 319,
331, 444
Condemnation:
22, 38, 313
Confession:
see under Penance
and Reconciliation
Confidence:
41
faith as giving: 41, 219
hope and: 343