It described how stepping outside the natural law (the “Tao”) puts mankind’s freedom and future in jeopardy.  Lewis saw the creeping tide of relativism (what’s right for you may not be right for me) and what it would do to modern western civilization.  Read this book and see his warnings coming true before your very eyes.

It -- rather than George Orwell’s 1984 -- accurately predicted what would happen when big governments embraced eugenics.  Our country defeated the Germans in World War II, but our political and medical leaders have subsequently embraced many aspects of German eugenics.  We just don’t use the word “eugenics” to describe them.
 

It details what the widespread use of contraception is doing to western societies.  Do you think pornography is degrading to women?  Does the idea that America aborts almost 1.5 million of its own future citizens each year make you the slightest bit uneasy?  Are you concerned that the US Supreme Court ruled (in 1992) that abortion must be legal in case contraception fails?  Does it concern you that our birthrate is so low that soon there will be less people in the workforce than there are on Social Security?  Do you know that the latest immigration bill (since defeated) contained provisions that illegal immigrants could become citizens by serving in our Armed Forces?  These are all, directly or indirectly, fruits of the widespread use of contraception.  Read Pope Paul VI’s reasons for declaring the use of contraceptives to be immoral -- a decision that over 95% of Catholics have chosen to ignore.
 

It really does describe what is wrong with the world.  Read this book and you will find yourself saying, “He’s right,” after every sentence.  Chesterton is another author who saw what was coming long before most people did, although he would say that he was just observing the events of his time and applying common sense to determine what their outcome would be.

It details the beautiful Social Teaching of the Church.  Pope John Paul explains the meaning of work, and insists that that meaning can only be realized when each person’s human dignity is fully respected.  He teaches that people are more important than capital, and urges employers to respect that.  He discusses the responsibilities of employers and workers, and gives special emphasis to the role of the family in society.  He insists that work is ultimately “for man,” not man for work.

Book 6 – The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae) by Pope John Paul II

This book is important because…it describes how western culture is becoming the “culture of death.”  JPII urges us to change our attitude toward life to one of respect, especially for lives that are not “productive” in an economic sense.