Sentences with phrase «grave social ills»

Bases of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church's official document outlining its position on social issues, calls grave social ills, such as alcoholism and drug addiction, «a retribution for the ideology of consumerism, for the cult of material prosperity, for the lack of spirituality, and the loss of authentic ideals.»

Let me be clear, impaired driving is a grave social ill that Parliament quite rightly is targeting with serious consequences.