DOCAT

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“My dream is to have a million young Christians-or better a whole generation-to embody the church's social teachings by their lives” - Pope Francis.   

                  

DOCAT is "revealing the secret" to young people around the world. It helps young people to know and     live catholic social teaching. It is a great practical follow up to YOUCAT, the hugely popular youth     catechism, based on the catechism of the Catholic Church. Drawing on scripture, YOCAT, the catechism, and the compendium of Catholic social teaching, DOCAT shows young people to work towards building a “civilization of love”.  

The newest title in the internationally best -selling “YOUCAT” series for growth and young adults, DOCAT is an outstanding social justice  resource  for young people . In Q &A format, the DOCAT is a guide to social and political action based on scripture and church teaching from the catechism, YOUCAT and papal writings that inspires readers to live by the maxims of truth, justice and charity.

Objectives of DOCAT are as follows:

1. Change yourself    

2. Change your environment where you are                                    

3. Change the world into a better place   

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The entire DOCAT is categorized into twelve sections in a Q&A format. Mainly, the sections contain topics on love, the church’s social mission, the principles of the Catholic church’s social teaching, family , economic life, the political community, the environment, peace, love in action, etc.

DOCAT is an expression, in language understandable by young people of the social teaching of the churches as it has been developed in important church documents with Pope Leo X111. Young people especially should be inspired to read these great church documents in full and to orient their lives by the principles of truth, justice and love. Again and again Pope Francis challenges people to an active engagement for a more just world.