CAFOD Flashcards

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What is CAFOD

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The official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales

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What does CAFOD stand for

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catholic Agency for Overseas Development

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What do they act on

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Act on principles of compassion , solidarity, stewardship and hope.

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Where does CAFOD draw inspiration from

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Scripture, the church’s social teaching and the experiences and hopes of the poor

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CAFOD’s mission

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To promote human development and social justice in witness to Christian faith and Gospel values.

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What denies the love of God

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Complacency

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Most fundamental response

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Compassion- standing alongside excluded communities, sharing resources, defending rights and challenging systems that keep people poor.

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How can an all powerful (omnipotent) god allow suffering to exist

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Genesis1 tells that people have been created with a free will and so have the ability to choose between good and evil.

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Major factor in understanding suffering

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Greed. So aim must be to remove it by direct action or example.

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