Explain how Roman Catholics may respond to problems in their families.

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25th April 2005

AO2) Explain how Roman Catholics may respond to problems in their families.

It is becoming increasingly harder in the Roman Catholic family because of new and old problems devolving within the Roman Catholic family such as abortion, divorce and contraception. The Catholic religion is being replaced by television, night clubs and drugs. I think the biggest problem that Catholics are struggling to deal with is abortion.

It can be difficult for Catholics and their religion because of society's ways such as Sunday trading which breaks one of the commandments "Keep the Sabbath day holy" but because of society this tradition has been pushed away. Because of other problems which effect all religions such as debt and tax, the Catholic voice is being pushed further and further into the background because of society's overwhelming power.

There are some other general problems Catholics have to deal with such as Criticism from other religions, leisure pursuits on the Sabbath day are also a big threat to the Sabbath as we know it and government tax is a problem for Catholics because Jesus tells us not to become rich like Jesus said "Store up all your treasures in heaven".
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The image of Christianity has been brought down by the media television, radio and newspapers. For example Dot Cotton on Eastenders shouts quotes from the bible, she's always got a bible on her, it's a catholic that never would exist. In some other cases such as sitcoms they use jokes about Christians to boost ratings. So in a way the media has misled a lot of people and given has them the wrong impression of Catholics. There is nothing Catholics can do about this because their power isn't strong enough to compete with the media.

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