Vatican II declares the Church... as necessary for salvation.

Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.

Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.

There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.

The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places.

With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity.

The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism.

There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue.