RELATED TOPICS

Part I - GENERAL CONCEPTS

	What is politics?
	What is the purpose of the State?
	What is the common good?
	What is social justice?
	What principles are the basis for the development of the social order?
	What is the political community?
	What moral and religious principles guide politics?

Part II - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHURCH, STATE AND POLITICS

	What is the basis for the Church's mission in politics?
	Are there other reasons why the Church must be involved in politics?
	Is not the Church's involvement in politics "political interference"?
	What does "separation of Church and State" mean?
	But should not Church and State collaborate with each other?
	What is the mission of the Church regarding the political order?
	What is the meaning of "critical collaboration" or "critical solidarity"?
	What mission of human dignity and solidarity does the Church contribute?
	What does solidarity mean?
	Must citizens obey political authority?
	Can citizens disobey political authority?
	Is it true that the Church can work with any form of political regime?
	What does the Church expect of politics in view of integral development?

	What are the roles of Clergy, Religious, and laity with regard to "partisan politics"?
	Why should priests, religious men and women refrain from involvement in partisan politics?
	What is the specific mission of the laity in politics?
	What truths should guide the laity's political involvement?
	Are there so called "Catholic Candidates" or is there a "Catholic Vote"?
	Is there any case when the Bishops can authoritatively order the lay faithful to vote for one  particular and concrete option?
	How does the Church fulfill its mission on renewing or evangelizing politics?

	Why has the Church been so actively involved in politics in the Philippines?
	What are some of the negative features of our political culture?
	What is meant by "patronage politics"?
	What is mean by "politics of personality?
	What is meant by a "politics of pay-off"?
	Is the mentality of many politicians part of this of political culture?
	Do the terms "traditional politics" "traditional politicians" refer to negative features mentioned?
	Is this why the Bishops say that our political culture is negative?
	Why? What is wrong with our election process?
	What is the evil activities done on election day itself?
	After the election, what questionable or even reprehensible actions do we observes?
	Are the people themselves responsible for this sad situation?
	Is it alright to accept money as long as one votes according to one's conscience?
	Are there no signs of hope that politics can change for the better?
	What qualifications should we look for in political candidates?
	Since politics seen as "dirty", should not Catholic leaders stay away from politics?
	In general, how should Catholics participate effectively in election?

	Church Document: Catechism of the Catholic Church
	CBCP Document: Catechism on Church and Politics
	NASSA Document: Intro. to the Political Dimension of the Social Crisis in the Philippines
	NASSA Document: Citizenship Building For Participatory Politics and Governance
	CBCP Document: Exhortation on Philippine Politics
	CBCP Document: Blessing or Curse CBCP Statement on the Coming 2001 Elections
	Pope John Paul II:  Centesimus Annus (On the 100th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum; 1991)
	Pope John Paul II Social Encyclical: On Social Concerns
	VATICAN II: Decree on the Apotolate of the Laity
	VATICAN II: Decree on the Church in the Modern World

	CBCP NASSA-JP The Ten Commandments of Voting
	CBCP NASSA-JP Guidelines in Choosing Candidates
	CBCP The Party List System
	CBCP The Characteristics of Philippine Elections
	CBCP History of the Philippine Elections

EXHORTATION AND PASTORAL LETTERS FROM CBCP

	CBCP Statement on the coming 2001 Elections
	DADITAMA Arch/dioceses Exhortation on the 2001 Elections
	BICOL Dioceses Joint Pastoral Letter of Bishops of Bicol on 2001 Elections

MESSAGES FROM CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES (CBCP)

	The Abuse of Power: Politics and Morality
	Morality and the Presidency
	Politics subvert the truth
	The Bishops Should Forgive the President

HOMILIES. COMMENTARIES, ESSAYS AND ARTICLES

Voting and Civic Responsibility

OTHER DOCUMENTS AND INTERNET SITES

	Amnesty International Publications (by Amnesty International)
	Atlapedia Online (by Latimer Clarke Corporation)
	Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members (by the CIA)
	Elections around the World (by Wilfried Derksen)
	Ethnologue: Languages of the World (by Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.)
	Flags Of The World (by Giuseppe Bottasini, Rob Raeside, Mark Sensen and others)
	Freedom in the World (by Freedom House)
	Information Please: Countries of the World (by Information Please LLC)
	The Political Reference Almanac (by Keynote Publishing Co.)
	Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
	Political Leaders (by Roberto Ortíz de Zárate)
	The World Factbook (by the CIA)
	World Flag Database (by Graham Bartram)