• ½ cw

• As a young catholic how will you help the church face these
challenges according to the mission entrusted to us by Jesus
Christ?
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
 INJUSTICE AGAINST THE POOR

Its manifestations include hunger and

malnutrition, limited access to education and
other basic services, social discrimination
and exclusion as well as the lack of
participation in decision-making .
 MARITAL INFIDELITY

MARITAL INFIDELITY IS COMMITTED BY ANY

MARRIED PERSON WHO SHALL HAVE SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE WITH ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS NOT
HIS/HER LEGITIMATE SPOUSE, EVEN IF THE MARRIAGE
BE SUBSEQUENTLY DECLARED VOID, AND BY THE
PERSON WHOM HE/SHE HAS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
WITH, KNOWING THE GUILTY SPOUSE TO BE MARRIED.
 CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT

Examples of corruption in the Philippines include graft, bribery, cronyism,

nepotism, impunity, embezzlement, extortion, racketeering, fraud, tax
evasion,vote buying, lack of transparency, lack of sufficient enforcement of laws
and government policies, and consistent lack of support for human rights.
Corruption harms the poor and vulnerable the most, increasing costs and
reducing access to basic services, such as health, education, social programs, and
even justice. It exacerbates inequality and reduces private sector investment to the
detriment of markets, job opportunities, and economies.
 ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION

• Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the

environment through depletion of resources such as air,
water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the
extinction of wildlife.
• Consequences include increased poverty, overcrowding,
famine, weather extremes, species loss, acute and chronic
medical illnesses, war and human rights abuses.
 PROMOTION OF SEX AND VIOLENCE IN
MEDIA

• Cause aggressive or anti-social behavior. Media can promote aggressive

behavior and can also influence children to believe violence is a good
solution to solve problems.
• Create a false sense of reality. Young children can’t always discriminate
between real life situations and behaviors and surreal television examples.
• Encourage irresponsible sexual activity. Kids exposed to sex on TV are
almost twice as likely to initiate sexual intercourse.
• Cause a child to perceive the world as more dangerous and have a darker
view about the world.
• Desensitize and cause a lack of empathy for human suffering.
• Distort expectations of conflict resolution, race and male-female
relationships.