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What should be said immediately is the following: As the Church of God is by no means directly advocating any particular economic and social systems, but seeks “to construct modern civilization in accordance with standards of humanity and evangelical doctrine,” a spiritual struggle against atheistic communism, … must be carried out so that the Christian faithful might be strengthened, and more apt ways might be offered for the effective carrying out of apostolic activity, especially among laborers. Proposed Teaching on Communism for Vatican II, February 1962 (emphasis added)

Nihilism, (from the Latin nihil meaning nothing) is the philosophy that denies the existence of genuine moral truths and asserts the ultimate meaninglessness of life or of the universe.

According to the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraph 377, citing CCC 1803), a virtue is a firm, habitual, and stable disposition to do good. It enables a person to perform good acts, choose the good in concrete situations, and give the best of themselves, with the goal of becoming like God.

• Habitual Disposition: Virtues are not just one-time actions, but deeply ingrained habits that make doing good easy and consistent.

Fr. Francisco Vera, elderly priest, shot in Jalisco for celebrating Holy Mass 1927

An important centenary and a persecution that continues. The film For Greater Glory with Andy Garcia is a film about the persecution to destroy the Church and the Cristeros resistance. by Marco Invernizzi