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for happiness: 8, 319, 331, 453
of the Holy Spirit: 475
human desire for God: 2, 72, 74,
464, 478
the Lord’s Prayer and: 483, 493
lust (see Lust)
meditation and: 474
physical vs. spiritual: 441, 450
sexual: 405
Despair:
343
Destiny
of God’s People: 117, 500
human: 61, 69, 158, 162, 313, 335,
501-2
of the world and of creation:
158, 179
see also Providence, Divine
Detraction:
431-32
gossip: 434
Development aid:
see Social justice
Devils:
509
see also Demons
Devil (Satan):
see Satan
Devotional prayer:
509
Dialogue, inter-religious
see Ecumenism
Dignity, human
acts contrary to: 326-27, 390, 394,
406, 411, 423
and being made in the image of
God: 310, 319, 355
equal dignity of man and woman:
68, 73, 279, 404, 411
of every person: 326, 421, 454
faith and: 44, 59-60
the Fifth Commandment: 387-401
and freedom: 316
the government and: 326
and how human society is
organized: 423
of the human body: 406
human community and: 84
and human life: 310
and human rights, protection of:
423-26
inherent: 422-23
and married love: 284
and the measure of every
institution: 423
the media and: 434, 437
morality, as foundational element
for: 422-23
moral relativism, threat of: 390
murder as gravely contrary to:
390, 400
and names, honoring: 354, 356
and natural law: 327, 355
origin of: 420
priests to promote and
appreciate: 274
protecting: 390
and religious freedom: 42-43, 316
requirements for: 337, 423, 426-27,
454-55
responsibilities regarding: 423, 426
and the Seventh Commandment:
418-19
sin as wounding: 245
social justice and: 337
work and: 384, 421, 423-24, 426
see also under
specific topics and
situations,
e.g., Dying
Diocese:
113, 115, 130, 133, 136,
221, 273
see also Church
Disabilities, persons with:
399, 422
Disbelief:
xxiii, 97
culture of disbelief: 16
see also Non-believers
Disciple-making:
see Evangelization;
Witness, Christian
Disciples of Christ; discipleship:
7, 83, 86
call to: 487
and Christian Initiation: 188
conversion experience: 196-97, 451
formed by the Church: 6
requirements and essential duties
of: 86, 91, 98, 196-97, 308-9,
451, 454-55, 487
stewardship and: 451-54
what it means to become a disciple:
6-7, 173, 451
Disciples of Jesus of Nazareth:
121,
129,
509-10