Twelve Tough Issues and More: What the Church Teaches and Why: Revised and Expanded - Softcover

Pilarczyk, Archbishop Daniel E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0867164611 ISBN 13: 9780867164619

Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2002

Synopsis

First published as Twelve Tough Issues: What the Church Teaches—and Why, this book became an instant bestseller with over 70,000 copies sold. These short reflections, written so ordinary people can understand, describe the church's moral teaching on the toughest issues facing modern believers.

In this updated and revised edition, the tough issues haven't changed nor has the church's teaching about them. What has changed is the context is which the teaching was offered. Our society has experienced changes of tonality and emphasis, and new questions and new issues, especially concerning the prolonging of life and church membership, have arisen. The archbishop wisely states, "Every human endeavor is capable of improvement."

Each chapter offers questions for discussion, suggestions for further reading with an indication of where the subjects are treated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, as well as material from the pope, Vatican II, the Holy See and the U.S. bishops conference.

About this title

About the Author

DANIEL E. PILARCZYK is archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a past president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. His books include Practicing Catholic, Thinking Catholic, Believing Catholic and Live Letters: Reflections on the Second Readings of the Sunday Lectionary (St. Anthony Messenger Press).

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0867164611
• ISBN 13: 9780867164619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94