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History of Burial in the Catholic Church, 2001.
A discussion on the Catholic Church's burial practiced rituals.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, £ 25.95
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This paper traces the history of funerals and burials in the Catholic Church. There has not been many changes in the standard practices but the Church allowed cremation of the body in 1963 which was one practice strictly forbidden in early times.
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"The practice of burying the body among Catholics is as old as the faith itself. Catholic church did not permit cremation and burial of the body was the only practiced ritual in funerals, it was believed that cremation of the body was against the catholic beliefs. Since Catholics firmly believe in the Resurrection of the body, they did not allow the body to be burnt and then its ashes later buried or dispersed in the air. The Church strictly forbade this practice and even after the ban was lifted in 1963, most Catholics do not believe in cremation."
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The Catholic Church and Women's Rights, 2005.
Examines the history and position of women's rights within the Catholic Church.
1,960 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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This paper introduces and discusses the Catholic Church. Specifically it discusses the Catholic Church's injustice towards women and women's rights, including domestic violence, women priests, and other matters relevant to women but ignored by the Catholic Church. The paper shows that for centuries, the Catholic Church has been one of the most powerful, wealthiest, and most popular religions in the world. Millions of Catholics worship every week in a church, and donate billions of dollars for Church projects, and millions of these worshippers are women, who are essentially excluded from the Church except for certain roles. In addition, many of these worshipping women live in some of the poorest countries on Earth, facing famine, overpopulation, and lack of education, and yet the Catholic Church will not condone their use of birth control. The paper questions why the Catholic Church is so staunch in its stance against women and women's rights.
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"Since the Church excludes women from the clergy, there is a sense of extreme maleness and masculinity throughout the Church, from alter boys on up, and it is not surprising that normal, healthy men, even if they are priests, are sexually stimulated. To ignore this is to ignore the problem, and keeping priests celibate seems to simply exacerbate an already difficult situation. When there are predominately men in an organization, where will men turn to fulfill their urges if no one else is available? Since men are not perfect, they have flaws, and if given the opportunity, they may sin. Not recognizing the strain that celibacy puts on priests is simply another doctrine of the Church that is outmoded."
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Catholic Church and the Modern World, 2001.
A discussion on the influence of the Catholic Church on the development of human race and biotechnology field.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, £ 27.95
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This paper looks at how the Catholic Church influences the development of human race. It looks at the stands of the Catholic Church at some of the recent conflicts of our time like abortion and stem-cell research and cloning. According to Catholic Church abortion is ethically and morally wrong. It is killing of a human life and therefore, should be prevented. The issue has plagued the church almost from the beginning. ?The Bible itself is virtually silent on abortion. The Ten Commandments state "Thou shalt not kill," but neither the Old nor the New Testament contains explicit sanctions against intentionally destroying a foetus.? (Theology of Abortion) the essay looks of Catholic Church stand on morality of abortion and its consequences.
The second aspect this paper looks at is the development of field of biotechnology and how it has influenced the public and moral attitudes. This is a recent example of the Church?s influence on human development. The paper explores how the Church?s so called ?pro-life? attitude has affected the development in this field.
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""The Catholic Church has been one of the strongest influential factors in European History. The influence has been extensive reaching from matters of the state, personal life, social values and ethical debates. Most organized religions have some form of moral code and ethical beliefs; the Catholic Church is no difference. These ideas and beliefs are usually in conflict with the development of human race. Some of the recent dilemmas of Catholic Church are its stand on Abortion, pro-life campaign, use of birth control, HIV and AID issue. The moralistic view of Catholic Church, which argues to be pro-life, is in contradiction of what is being pro-life mean. It is rather difficult to comprehend how any institution, which makes life miserable for human beings classify it to be the protector of life." "
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Child Abuse and the Catholic Church, 2008.
This research study specifically examines the sexual abuse of Latino children in the United States perpetrated by priests and clergy members of the Roman Catholic Church.
31,770 words (approx. 127.1 pages), 63 sources, APA, £ 176.95
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This paper reveals that the Roman Catholic Church intentionally and negligently covered up the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy between the years of 1945 and 2003. The author stresses that, because the majority of the Latino population in the United States are members of the Catholic Church, this problem is exacerbated in Latino children. The American Psychological Association and other supporting agencies are faced with a crisis in providing effective mental health treatment for the Latino American population. The paper reviews effective methods for assessment, diagnoses and treatment of this unique population and reviews the recent literature accessing information of the experts in this field and the agencies that provide mental health services to the Latino population. Includes figures.
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Introduction
Healthcare Factors Impacting Latino Immigrant Children
Overview of the Catholic Church Legal System
Response of the Church to Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse
Secrecy in the Roman Catholic Church Surrounding Child Sexual Abuse
Legal Issues Arising to Debate
The Latino Victim of Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy
Mental Health Care Service Delivery to Latinos
Summary of Literature Reviewed
Development of Plan: Provision of Effective Mental Health Care
Services to Latino Population in the United States
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"This research study has related that it is not practical, nor is it advisable, to attempt to have a family member interpret due to limitations that exist in the effectiveness of this use of an interpreter, specifically due to role reversal when the child is interpreting for the parent and due to cultural issues that may limit or null the interpretations provided by a family member interpreting between the clinician and client. It is important that the client feel warmly welcomed to the service providers clinic and that staff members are attentive to the needs of the Latino client and their family."
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McCarthyism and the Catholic Church, 2002.
The paper discusses why the Catholic Church opposed communism and supported the McCarthyism movement.
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 34.95
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When Joseph McCarthy, a republican Wisconsin senator pursued an anti-communist agenda, the Catholic Church was eager to support him to countervail the threat of communism. The paper shows that in fact the Catholic Church supported the McCarthyism movement out of fear that communism would undermine the Catholic Church and what it stood for. This paper discusses how values of communism and catholicism contrast and brings up the influence of certain events (like the Bolshevik Revolution) and other contributing aspects to the Catholic fear of Communism.
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"After World War II, tensions about communism were still strong. The United States and the Soviet Union were involved in the Cold War. Both countries were anxious about the other nuclear weapon development of the other country. This went on for 40 years despite the fact that nothing significant happened in it, hence the term ?Cold War.? Suspicions that the Soviet Union was going to use nuclear weapons to achieve their world domination goal were prevalent during this time. The Brooklyn Tablet was suspicious of the post-war peace efforts and stated that ?The UN, NATO, SEATO, and the OAs were all seen as forms of collectivism. There were fears that the drive toward world government would eventually lead to the merger of the American Government and economy with an international organization, most likely controlled by communism. [xxxiv]? Also in the Tablet, James Gillus said that the UN is a ?base form which communist spies enter and operate in America [xxxv].? All the recent events set up people with paranoia. During the Cold War, a majority of people feared that the Soviet Union would coerce the rest of the world into communism."
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The Catholic Church during the European Renaissance, 2004.
This paper discusses the corruption of the Catholic Church during the European Renaissance, which led to the religious thought of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Erasmus.
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 23.95
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This paper explains that, not only was the Catholic Church abusively indulgent, but also Church laws, such as the vows of abstinence and poverty, were openly flouted. The author points out that, during this time, there was a huge rebirth in the concept of the individual known as Humanism, which was incredibly threatening to the Catholic Church. The paper relates that, in 1519, Martin Luther, unhappy with the hypocrisies and disregard he saw in the Catholic Church, nailed his 95 theses on the wall of Castle Church in Wittenberg, thus founding the religious movement known as Protestantism, which was just one part of the revolution in thinking taking place during the Enlightenment.
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"In 1500, corruption and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church were rampant. For example, indulgences were used as means of coercion and manipulation rather than for the original purposes, they were intended. An indulgence is the full or partial remission before God of temporal punishment for sins that have been forgiven. According to Encarta, ?It is granted by ecclesiastical authority and is considered to be a special form of intercession made by the whole church through its liturgy and prayers for the reconciliation of one of its members, living or dead.? In simpler words, it can be thought of as not only having one?s sins pardoned, but having them wiped totally clean from one?s record as well. It would be like not only having a speeding ticket dismissed, but also then having all knowledge of that ticket?s existence being removed from any and all records pertaining to the driver in question."
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Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church, 2002.
A research proposal to evaluate what Catholic parents tell their children about pedophiles in light of sex offenses committed by priests of the Catholic Church.
1,171 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper examines how the Roman Catholic Church has received heavy media attention since revelations that they have not handled charges of sex abuse against their priests in ways that prevent the offenders from working with children in the future. It proposes a study to determine what Catholic parents tell their children now about sexual predators compared to what they told their children prior to the publication of knowledge regarding sex offenses committed against children by priests of the Catholic Church.
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"Since adults cannot accompany children everywhere they go, some parents for have some time tried to teach their children information and skills that would make it less likely for the child to become the target or victim of a sexual predator. Research shows that child education may be the best prevention for sex abuse (Bethea, 1999). Often this training has been misguided, and children have been warned of the ?danger of strangers,? even though most cases of pedophilia are committed by someone the child already knows (Leigh, 1995). Research also shows that most children who are sexually abused do not tell parents or other adults for some years (Fieldman, 2002), and this likelihood of silence makes them more vulnerable. Meanwhile, research has shown that teaching children specific strategies improves both prevention and reports of abuse when it occurs (Brown University, 2001)."
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The Catholic Church, 2002.
A paper which argues that the Catholic Church has been unable to evolve together with its followers.
2,910 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 61.95
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This paper describes the many problems that lie within the Catholic Church and discusses its refusal to evolve with its people. It shows several examples of Catholic teachings, such as the prohibition of contraception, which are irrelevant to our times. The paper also discusses the Catholic Church's views on women and gays and mentions the sex scandals which have been exposed within the Church in recent years.
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"For most of my life every Sunday morning I found myself in a pew of my Church. Raised a strict Catholic I didn?t have much of a choice. It was attend Church or get out of the house. So off to Mass I would go. Just reminiscing about sitting in that that hot, stuffy, and uncomfortable place can make me irritable. Up until I was probably fifteen years of age I despised going to mass simply because I hated being uncomfortable and loosing precious Sunday morning sleep. It was sometime around fifteen years of age that I truly began to despise going to Church for reasons worth giving some thought to. Right around that time is when I actually started to listen to what the priests were saying in their homilies. I could not believe that I had to sit there and listen to these Priests attempt to force, what I considered grossly ignorant teachings, down my throat. Within the following two years, as I grew up and drew more of my own conclusions on the ways of the world I was forced, still, to attend those Mass?s. Each week I would sit in there and look around myself in disbelief. I couldn?t fathom the idea that the whole congregation was really that ignorant. Then one Sunday morning I went to a different church with my cousins for Mass. It was that Mass that hinted me toward the reality of the situation within the Catholic Community."
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Catholic Church Crisis, 2006.
A look at the crisis that the Catholic Church in the United States is undergoing as a result of accusations that some priests had sexually abused children.
1,547 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 35.95
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This paper explains that the current crisis in the Catholic Church is not so much a result of the accusations that some priests have sexually abused children, as it is a result of the response of the Catholic Church to the accusations. The paper contends that it is time that the Church be made aware that, although such crimes are often handled quietly, the public perception may be quite different than perception by Church leaders and that the Church should respond to public perceptions.
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"The Catholic Church in the United States has come under severe scrutiny not because a few priests have sexually abused children but because the public perception has been that the Church's response has been to try to hide the facts, buy off the victims, and not deal effectively with priests who hove committed these crimes. Those who have dedicated their life's work to the service of God by becoming priests may not fully recognize the effects these crimes have had not only on the general public but lay Catholics as well. This may be partly due to the media, who quite naturally cover events in their own immediate area more than national news of individual crimes. Even within the Catholic Church we may not be fully aware of the large amount of time this scandal has covered so far. The Church has often chosen to deal with charges of sexual abuse quietly and privately, and have taken an attitude of "hate the sin but love the sinner" toward priests who have committed these crimes."
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Euthanasia and the Catholic Church, 2005.
A look at the way that euthanasia is dealt with in the Catholic Church.
4,215 words (approx. 16.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 79.95
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This paper explains that the Catholic Church feels strongly that nothing and no one is allowed to kill an innocent human being, whether it be a fetus, embryo, infant, adult older person or a person who is suffering from an incurable disease. It discusses how the Church also feels strongly that one cannot ask for help in this killing for himself or for another, nor can person consent to the killing. It further explains how and why the Church does not recognize the authority of any other person to legitimately recommend or permit such an action. In light of these limitations, the paper explores the Catholic Church's view on euthanasia.
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"Supporters of euthanasia often discuss the feelings of the patient. The Church believes that in these cases the feelings of the patient may be evidence of spiritual loss and demand for relief from pain and suffering. This is then the responsibility of the physician, who has the duty to care for the patient but is not felt to have the power of life or death over the patient. Limits of physicians power are stated clearing in the Hippocratic Oath in which it is stated, "I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel"; the same commitment in defense of life and against death was reasserted also in the Code of Medical Deontology - adopted by the Italian Medical Association on June 24, 1995 -" The physician, even if requested by the patient, should not use any treatment aiming to reduce his psychical or physical integrity, hastening or causing his death."
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Roman Catholic Church, 2006.
A review of the Roman Catholic Church from a personal perspective.
1,238 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 29.95
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This paper takes a look at the Roman Catholic Church from the author's personal perspective. The paper discusses the author's opinion that fear does not create lasting belief. According to the paper, fear is a tool used by the Roman Catholic Church to instill beliefs and values.
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"Tradition is central to all religions in the world. In many cases, religion and their traditions cannot be separated. Tradition informs ritual and practice, and ritual and practice are reinforced through tradition. Tradition gives meaning to rituals, which would otherwise appear meaningless. Tradition is a way for people to connect with their ancestors and relatives and others around the world who believe in the same thing. Although religions inevitably change over time, they retain an essence and that essence is tradition. Traditions are what bring families together for religious holiday celebrations or inspire people to undertake religious pilgrimages. Tradition is also linked to culture, and many religions are practiced differently in different cultures. The religious beliefs are similar, but the traditions, such as the way a holiday is celebrated, might be different from one country to the next."
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Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church, 2002.
An examination of the phenomena of sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Church and a discussion of the Church's response.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 47.95
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This paper looks at the increased reports of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The writer points out that only recently has the Church needed to answer for itself and take a stand due to the high level of reported cases. An examination of the Church's response is given which follows criticism of their reaction.
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"The Catholic Church has been rocked recently by allegations of sexual abuses?especially against children. The problem is not isolated but all pervading. The cases of child, sexual abuses are about the same percentage as the general population. Most of the cases are not, in the strictest sense pedophilic?sex with pre-pubescent children, but ephebophilia?abuse of adolescent children. In a comprehensive study of 2,252 priests for 30 years, only one case of pedophilia was found. It involved a priest with two six year-old nieces. Between 5 and 10 percent of priests were pederasts (ephebophiles). (Jenkins, 1996)"
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The Catholic Church and Capital Punishment, 2004.
This paper discusses that the death penalty debate within the Catholic Church is far from resolved.
1,155 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper explains that, officially, the Catholic Church opposes the death penalty, but a large majority of Americans support capital punishment. The author points out that, in the past history of the church, some theologians, such as St. Thomas Aquinas, have allowed for the practice of capital punishment, although some modern Catholic opponents say Aquinas?s position is commensurate with killing for self-defense, not formal, state-sanctioned death when the offending sinner is incarcerated and no longer dangerous to the community. The paper concludes that the consensus within the faith community indicates capital punishment is contrary to the teachings of Christ; but, in terms of the theological reasoning and justification for this position, there still remains a point of contention, rhetorically and in terms of Church rationales.
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"Not all American Catholics who are outspoken against the death penalty have condemned capital punishment in the same language and terms. Rather than stress that the death penalty is against the free laws of the United States, and the concept of cruel and unusual punishment, Sister Prejean of ?Dead Man Walking? fame, prays in her prayer against capital punishment. ?Jesus, our brother, you suffered execution at the hands of the state,? suggests that to engage in act of capital punishment is to mimic, however unconsciously, the actions of Christ?s executioners. Rather, she implores Christ to ?Help us to reach out to victims of violence so that our enduing love may help them heal.""
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Capital Punishment and the Catholic Church, 2002.
A look at the position of the Catholic Church on capital punishment in the Pontificate of John Paul II with regard to scripture, history and the future.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper will discuss the shift in attitudes toward capital punishment by the Catholic Church under John Paul II. It will be argued that John Paul's great contribution in this regard lay in his clarifying and unifying the Church's opposition to capital punishment into a cohesive argument on both ethical and theological grounds. The scriptural and historical foundation for Catholic defense and opposition to capital punishment in the past and present will be outlined, with some discussion of the implications for the future.
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