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and human dignity: 501
moral judgments of the Church
and: 379-80, 432
responsibilities towards their
citizens: 326, 375-76,
420-21, 434
rights and duties of: 394, 396, 419
see also Authority; Church and
state, separation of; Law: civil
law;
specific topics
Polygamy:
280, 411
an offense against the dignity of
marriage: 280, 411
in the Old Law: 279
the Poor:
see Poverty
Pope:
523
see also Supreme Pontiff
Popular devotions:
see under Piety:
devotions and popular;
Sacramentals
Popular piety:
see Piety
Pornography:
381, 407, 414
Positivity; being positive:
137
Possessions:
453
see also Property
Poverty
protecting the poor from
exploitation: 399
Poverty; the poor:
418
advocacy for: 43, 423
all Church members as linked to the
poor: 116, 122
arms race as harmful to the poor:
395
blessedness of: 450, 453
causes of: 421, 424-25, 427
Church’s social teaching and: 139,
421, 423-25, 427-28
concern, care, and love for the poor:
425, 427
detachment from riches and the
Tenth Commandment: 449, 456
duty of rich nations towards the
poor: 397
Eucharist and the poor: 219, 225,
228-29
and family life: 381
of heart: 450
helping the poor, meaning of:
454-55, 487
Jesus and the poor: 85, 263,
307-8, 427
Jesus as poor person: 83, 135, 308
as leading to war: 395
preferential option for the poor:
421, 423, 427, 449, 456
removal of symptoms and causes
of: 421, 424-25, 427
rights of the poor: 381
solidarity and: 326, 487
of spirit: 308, 317, 447-57
and Sunday, elimination of
unnecessary work on: 367, 369
symptoms of poverty: 421, 424-25
voluntary poverty: 387
vow of (evangelical counsels): 135,
139,
511
see also Charity; Social justice
Pragmatism:
523
Praise:
468
see also Prayer; Worship
Prayer:
461-95,
523-24
at all times: 476
an act by which one enters
into awareness of a loving
communion with God: 478, 491
the “Battle of Prayer”: 476
bodily gestures: Sign of the Cross,
genuflection, kneeling, and
bowing: 473
celebration of the Eucharist: 466,
468, 479, 483, 487, 493
Christian prayer as always
Trinitarian: 469, 478
communal: 472-73, 483, 485,
489, 493
contemplation:
508
contemplative prayer: 474,
477,
508
devotional prayer:
509
difficulties in: 476
directed towards the Father: 469,
478, 484
distractions during: 476