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Abstract

In the face of the phenomenon of popularity and activity of destructive groups nowadays, undertaking widely understood preventive measures is essential. Such activity should consist in restoring these areas of human existence which, through their “indispositions” (inability to satisfy needs, desires and aspirations of contemporary man), make people “open” for offers from groups of new spirituality. Instead of assuming an attitude of helplessness, pretending that the problem does not exist, or, that it does not concern us, an attitude of a genuine testimony of our life – Christian faith and morals, should be assumed. In the face of a challenge posed by the lure of new spirituality groups, this is now the most important task for Catholics. The awareness of social harmfulness of the activity of sects and new religious movements makes parents, schools, communities of the faithful and all who care about the fate of another human being undertake necessary actions. These actions have to relate to preventive measures in order to immunize individuals to propaganda and recruitment methods of sects, which are often against the law. The good of the victims of sects' doctrines and methods must be also considered in such actions. Sects are successful where social structures are unable to help people in solving their problems in a proper way. Therefore, an answer to the activity of the groups of new spirituality must always be to first of all face the challenge, which the activity of such groups poses, both in relation to an individual and the society so as to firmly oppose their destructive activity through healing these elements of today's civilization which are in crisis and thus leave man vulnerable to the manipulative activity of sects and new religious movements.