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Question 1

In 1971, this saintly pope referred to the ecological concern as “a tragic consequence” of unchecked human activity

Answer 1

St Paul VI

Question 2

Every ecological approach needs to incorporate a social perspective that takes into account the fundamental rights of the
______ and the underprivileged.

Answer 2

Poor

Question 3

According to this Pontiff, the consequences of our harmful actions, which, unfortunately, generate or produce more damaging and irreparable impacts to
communities and their environment.

Answer 3

Pope Francis

Question 4

This particular encyclical advocates the environmental science principle, which states that everything is connected or
interrelated. Hence, integration or synthesis
is needed.

Answer 4

Laudato Si

Question 5

According to the Church, our approach to environmental problems must take into account the notion that the ___________
also extends to future generations.

Answer 5

Common Good

Question 6

These two spheres tend to blame each other when it comes to poverty and environmental degradation. They need to own up to their mistakes and find ways to join together to promote the public good.

Answer 6

Politics/Economy

Question 7

All the commitments that flow from the
Social Doctrine of the Church “come from
charity which, according to the teaching of
Jesus, is the synthesis of the whole Law. To what gospel can you find this statement?

Answer 7

Matthew

Question 8

According to the Church teaching,
everything is interconnected, and this
invites us to develop a spirituality of that
global solidarity that flows from the mystery
of the _______.

Answer 8

Mystery of Trinity

Question 9

According to the Catholic Church, the
sacrament of Holy Eucharist is a source of
light and motivation for our concerns for the
environment, directing us to be ________ of
all creation.

Answer 9

Stewards

Question 10

In his first Encyclical, this saintly Pope
warned us that humans frequently see no
other meaning in their natural environment
than what is for immediate use and
consumption.

Answer 10

St. John Paul II

Question 11

Pope Francis said, ‘I have frequently
called for the growth of a culture of
encounter capable of transcending our
differences and divisions. This means
working to create a many-faceted
polyhedron whose different sides form a
variegated unity in which “the whole is
greater than the part.’ Life, for all its
confrontations, is the art of _________.

Answer 11

All of the Above (Experience,
Engagement, Encounter)

Question 12

Cardinal Tagle said that according to
this Roman Pontiff, underdeveloped
countries confront the Church, and the
Church presents itself as she is and wants
to be the Church of all, and in particular, the
Church of the poor.

Answer 12

Pope John XXIII

Question 13

According to the Church Council,
Cardinal Tagle explained that just as Christ
carried out His work of redemption in
poverty and oppression, so the Church is
called to follow the same path if she is to
communicate the fruits of salvation to men.

Answer 13

Vatican II

Question 14

What Church Council said this, a
Church where nobody is poor is to have
nothing to give, and nobody is rich as to
have nothing to receive.

Answer 14

PCPII

Question 15

According to the Old Testament, the
Israelites experienced oppression in Egypt,
and how God delivered His people from
slavery and injustice was through his
servant _______.

Answer 15

Moses

Question 16

According to Cardinal Tagle, the Church
in the Philippines is called to be the Church
of the Poor in response to the call of the
Second Vatican Council and the PCP II for
a?

Answer 16

Preferential Option for the Poor

Question 17

In the context of Inculturation, Cardinal
Tagle explains that in the Old Testament,
God favored the poorest of the poor, and in
the New Testament, God in Christ became
poor, lived with the poor, and proclaimed the
good news to the poor. He addresses this
message particularly to the ___________ in
the Philippines.

Answer 17

Indigenous

Question 18

Jesus openly condemns the use of
force to gain power over others: “You know
that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over
them, and their great ones are tyrants over
them. It will not be so among you.” To what
gospel can you find this statement?

Answer 18

Matthew

Question 19

When conflicts are not resolved but kept
hidden or buried in the past, silence can
lead to complicity in grave misdeeds and
sins. Authentic reconciliation does not flee
from conflict but is achieved in conflict,
resolving it through dialogue and open,
honest, and patient ___________.

Answer 19

Negotiation

Question 20

Some of the texts that describe the
Church as Christ’s witness include excerpts
from the writings of the saints, quotations
from Church Councils and papal
encyclicals, passages from the documents
of the Second Vatican Council, all the way
to the teaching of our present Pope,
especially ______________.

Answer 20

Evangelii Gaudium

Question 21

Forgiveness and reconciliation are
central themes in Christianity and, in
various ways, in other religions. Yet there is
a risk that an inadequate understanding and
presentation of these profound convictions
can lead to fatalism, apathy and injustice, or
even intolerance and ________.

Answer 21

Violence

Question 22

According to Cardinal Tagle, the
medieval saint who championed the rights
of the poor was St. Augustine of Hippo, and
we also have a saint in the 21st century
who championed care and love for the poor.

Answer 22

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Question 23

Authentic social dialogue involves
respecting the other’s point of view and
admitting that it may include legitimate
convictions and concerns. Based on their
identity and experience, others have a
contribution to make, and they should
articulate their positions for a more fruitful
_______ debate.

Answer 23

Public

Question 24

In the words of this Saintly Pope, ‘ it no
longer makes sense to maintain that war is
a fit instrument with which to repair the
violation of justice.’

Answer 24

St. John XXIII

Question 25

The Church strongly proposes a need to
develop more efficiently organized
international institutions to address global
warming and poverty. There is an urgent
need for a proper world religious authority to
address these issues.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

The Catholic Church reminds us that
human ecology also includes the
relationship between human life and the
natural law. Also, we must value our bodies
in their femininity or masculinity. It is not a
healthy attitude that would seek to cancel
out sexual differences because it no longer
knows how to confront them.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

According to the Catholic Church, the
analysis of environmental problems cannot
be separated from the analysis of human,
family, work-related, and urban contexts,
nor from how individuals relate to
themselves, which leads, in turn, to how
they relate to others and God.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

When we speak of environment, we
mean a relationship exists between nature
and the society that lives in it. We are a part
of nature; therefore, the social and
environmental crises are intertwined.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

The local Church in the Philippines
struggles to live by the principle of critical
collaboration in relation to the government.
On the one hand, it commends and
supports policies of the government that are
in harmony with the needs of the people.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

The Social teaching of the Catholic
Church believes and supports that the
problem of drugs must be eliminated, and
the solution is the extra-judicial killing of
suspected drug users and pushers.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

All of us must work together to address
the root causes of the problem, which the
government officials identified as the
poverty of the majority, the destruction of
the family, and corruption in society

Answer 31

False

Question 32

The social teachings of the Catholic False
Church emphasize justice and charity are
rooted in the gospels’ moral dimension.
Both reflect the same gospel mandates.
Both can be powerful Christian responses
to human needs.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

Our mission demands that we lift our
people out of their dehumanizing poverty.
We must make it possible for the poor to
live in dignity and honor as the children of
God. Our vision and mission is to become
the Church of the Poor.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

As a Church, we continue to respond to
God’s call, working for justice and charity so
that His kingdom will come where His divine
will is done as it is on earth.

Answer 34

False

Question 35

The image of a polyhedron can
represent a society where differences
coexist, complementing, enriching and
reciprocally illuminating one another, even
amid disagreements and reservations. Each
of us can learn something from others. No
one is useless, and no one is expendable.
This also means finding ways to include
those on the center of life.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

I call for the rehabilitation of politics,
which is a very high vocation; it is one of the
most precious forms of faith because it
seeks the common good.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

In a pluralistic society, dialogue is the
best way to realize what ought always to be
affirmed and respected apart from any
ephemeral consensus.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

What we call truth is not only the
reporting of facts and events, such as we
find in the daily papers. It is primarily the
search for the solid foundations sustaining
our decisions and our laws. This calls for
acknowledging that the human mind is
capable of transcending immediate
concerns and grasping certain truths that
are changing, as true now as in the past

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Pope Francis encourages us to unmask
different and various ways that the truth is
manipulated, distorted, and concealed in
public and private discourse.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

In the Old Testament, while individuals
are asked not to take justice into their own
hands, there is also a recognition of the
need for authorities to impose penalties on
evildoers.

Answer 40

False