The Responsibility of a Catholic Citizen in a Free Society

Before we start to talk about our responsibilities we should be grateful that we are able to practice our own faith and we can stand up for our religion and speak up about it. We are here to be an example for the rest of the people out there who do not know any better and are falling in there lives. It is our responsibility to help them and that's not the only thing we should also have responsibilities of our own. Some examples are like respecting authority of both the church and government, evangelizing or spreading the word, donating time and money to church and those in need, tolerance and many more.

We are surrounded by challenges like abortions, poverty, and violence which all destroy the lives of people that were put here by God and were not able to live because of our choices. It is our responsibility to help and support people who fall into these categories. We should now defend human life and dignity, to make people practice justice and peace, and maintain family life and moral values.

Abortion is a major issue today in our world. Thousands of people out there do it today. Our teachings call us to protect human life and here we are killing it just because we don't want it. Violence also is sort of the same thing. We are hurting another human just because we don't like them or are mad at something else and we take our anger out on them. We need to set an example for the people that are doing it so they start to realize that this isn't what everyone is doing and that it isn't smart or cool to do it. We need to speak up for these issues and try to stop them. Those are some of our responsibilities.

We also need to help the ones who are in need and the poverty that goes on now days. It is unfair to those who are in need and we are greedy. We need to share our wealth with others. Also we need to stop the racism that goes on. We are all from different varieties of races. Ranging from every ethnic background to living in urban, rural, and suburban communities. Some people have lower status jobs than others. Wherever they fall in the category we need to respect everyone.

Human life is a gift from God, and it is our responsibility to protect it because God gave it to us. We should encourage the government and higher officials to pass laws that protect life. Like we should help those who are pregnant and cannot manage to take care of the baby, people who live in very poor conditions and do not have enough money to pay medical