Day 291: The Political Community and the Church

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

We take a look at what the Catechism teaches about the Church in relation to political communities. Every institution has their own vision of what it means to be human, which shapes their policies. Because the Church knows the truth, that every person is made in the image and likeness of God, the Church must weigh in to ensure that the dignity of the human person is at the forefront of political decisions and policies. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2244-2257.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year Podcast,
0:09.4	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture, and passed
0:13.3	down to the tradition of the Catholic faith.
0:15.5	The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.4	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity
0:22.4	and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.3	This is day 291, we're reading paragraphs 2244 to 2257, as always, I'm using the Ascension
0:32.2	edition of the Catechism, which includes foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along
0:36.1	with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:38.5	You can also download your own Catechism in a Year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com,
0:43.1	slash C.I.Y.
0:44.1	And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe on your podcast app for daily updates and daily
0:48.4	notifications.
0:49.4	Today, day 291, we're going to the end of commandment number four.
0:52.7	This is the last little section.
0:53.8	We have three quick paragraphs and then a bunch of little nuggets.
0:56.9	So we're going to talk all about that today in paragraphs 2244 to 2257.
1:01.3	We're looking at the political community and the church.
1:04.0	And so, yes, of course, we know we talked yesterday, but the duties of citizens, and so
1:07.5	there's plenty of duties of citizens.
1:09.4	We have the duties of civil authorities we talked about the day before.
1:12.4	But today, we're looking at this.
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