Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Social Teaching is a central and essential element of our faith.

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We are made by God to be solitary (to live by ourselves), not needing others to survive and thrive.

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The cardinal virtue of justice means to give to God and others what belongs to them by right.

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Catholic Social Teaching is rooted in Sacred Scripture (the Bible).

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The Creation story in the Bible reminds us that all humans are made in God's image and therefore have a sacred value and dignity that should be respected.

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Only the last seven of the Ten Commandments are concerned for justice, since they involved how we are to treat our neighbor.

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The Prophets of the Old Testament spoke out strongly about justice for the poor and vulnerable people of their time.

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In the New Testament, Jesus reminds us that those who do not practice justice will not make it to heaven.

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The Church's modern social doctrine has its origin in Pope St. John Paul II's 1991 encyclical, Centesimus annus ("Hundredth year"), where he condemns the horrors of communism and defends the right to private property as well as the rights and dignity of workers.

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Pope Leo XIII, in his encyclical, Rerum Novarum, speaks out against both the excesses of Capitalism and the errors of Socialism.

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