Living Justice

In the reading, Living Justice, it talks about the nine themes of the Catholic social teaching. The first teaching is about the dignity of every person and human rights. I found this interesting and I also agree with the statement. It says that “the picture of human life is that all humans are made in the image and likeness of God.” It then goes on to explain that everyone deserves to live a life with “care and attention” even if they have done crimes and are in prison or it they have a disease. Every one “deserve to be treated with inalienable respect as children of God.” Yet I do not agree with the Church’s ideals of pro-life, especially with abortions. This is because there are in some situations people should have the option to have an abortion say if they were raped or if something happened and they are not financially ready and can not afford a baby. In some situations accidents happen sometimes when you are not ready to have a baby and in others like if a woman is raped it should be her decision if she would like to keep the baby or not. I also agree that human dignity very important in order to have equality. I feel like it is important for the Catholic tradition should threat everyone equally. The reading then continues with that human rights is a way to express human dignity. Another theme of the Catholic social teaching is colonialism and economic development.