What kind of bond exists between created things?

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here exist an interdependence and a hierarchy among creatures as willed by God. At the same time, there is also a unity and solidarity among creatures since all have the same Creator, are loved by him and are ordered to his glory. Respecting the laws inscribed in creation and the relations which derive from the nature of things is, therefore, a principle of wisdom and a foundation for morality.

CCC #342 and 354

Students Organize Prayer Rally

G
enevieve Pollock
SOUTH BEND Indiana, APRIL 1, 2009 (Zenit.org).- A coalition of student groups at the University of Notre Dame will hold a prayer rally to protest the school's choice to honor President Barack Obama at this year's commencement.

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Importance of Fatherhood

B
r. Daniel C. Vitz, Paul C. Vitz
Many thoughtful people today recognize that the United States — and indeed much of Western society — is in a cultural crisis. It takes little reflection to note that this crisis is centered in the family. The increase in divorce, the decrease in the number of marriages, increased numbers of cohabiting couples, plummeting birthrates, an increase in single mothers, abortion, the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples, numerous biological manipulations of maternity and paternity — all are clearly the result of a profound disorder in the understanding of the family.
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