Unit 1 - Catholic Documents

The Church’s teaching regarding those being harmed by unjust social and economic policies.

• social encyclical

• social doctrine

• Pastoral Letter

• subsidiarity

A teaching letter from the Pope to the members of the Church on topics of social justice, human rights, and peace.

• Pastoral Letter

• Gospel

• Encyclical

• Bill of Rights

The scriptural principle that emphasizes solving an issue or dispute at the lowest possible level of an organization.

• subsidiarity

• solidarity

• Peace

• Pastoral

involves working with, not just working for, other people. It is the quality of justice that breaks down barriers between people.

• Pastoral Epistle

• Social Network

• Solidarity

• Church

A document written by a local bishop or region of bishops addressing an issue of spiritual, liturgical, or social concern.

• Letter

• Pastoral

• Encyclical

• Gospel

The first modern social encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII. Address workers being underpaid, overworked and sometimes abused. 

• Gaudium et Spes

• The Gospel of Life

• Pacem in Terris - Peace on Earth

• Rerum Novarum - On the Condition of Labor

The Second Vatican Council document that addresses many social issues.

• Pacem in Terris - Peace on Earth

• Gaudium et Spes - Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

• Laudato Si’

• Populorum Progressio

An encyclical by Pope Saint John XXIII addressing the impact of nuclear weapons and the arms race.

•  Pacem in Terris - Peace on Earth

• Laudato Si’

• Populorum Progressio

• Gospel of Life

An encyclical in which Pope Paul VI states that economic development of poor people and the moral development of those with material wealth are linked.

• Laudato Si’

• Pacem in Terris - Peace on Earth

• Rerum Novarum - On the Condition of Labor

• Populorum Progressio - The Development of Peoples

A 1995 encyclical from Blessed Pope Saint John Paul II discussing the death penalty, abortion, ecology, euthanasia, biological engineering, and other issues.

• Vatican II

• Gospel of Life

• Populorum Progressio - The Development of Peoples

• Rerum Novarum - On the Condition of Labor