Ethics of Colonial Relationships

Today’s reading focuses a lot on how Catholic teaching makes the world a better place. Thomas Massaro seems to believe that if Catholics followed these nine passages then there would be less inequality between the difference classes in life. While I was reading Massaro’s I couldn’t help but noticed how much he stressed the importance of human dignity and human equality. He mentions that all people should be treated equal because we were all made in the image of God. If this is true, why are Catholics and Christians still against Gay Marriages? If all people were made in the image of God, and everybody is the son and daughter of God, then that means the pope and higher ranks of the churches should fight for the rights of Gay marriages as well. It seems a little unfair that the pope can pick and choose who were made from the image of God, therefore saying some people deserve equality over others. I also couldn’t help but think about the Pope Francis, and how different he is from the other popes. As I was reading about Pope Francis I found it interesting that he is the first pope to be okay with free contraception. This just shows that some beliefs such as anti- gay marriages an anti- contraception may still be around but those beliefs can change. It just shows that time and people can really change old beliefs.