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WorksheetsCatholic Social Teaching Principles
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Catholic Social Teaching is based on:
The Gospel Message of Jesus
The rights of people put forth in United States Constitution
global human rights stated by the United nations
movies and short stories
This principle emphasizes the reality that all people are connected to each other, even those who live far away and who we do not know personally. (choose the most correct answer)
Care of Creation/Stewardship
Preferential Option for the Poor
Solidarity
Principle of Human Dignity and Human Life
Jean stole Fred's jacket, what type of sin is this?
structural sin
personal sin
The Church first started talking about the principles of Catholic Social Teaching during:
The renaissance
The industrial revolution
The civil rights movement
Jesus time
A principal is
A leader of a school or organization
A fundamental truth that behaviors or beliefs are based on
A principle is
The leader of a school or organization
A fundamental truth that behaviors or beliefs are based on
Which is considered the most important of all the principles of Catholic Social Teaching? (because of all of the other principles come from this principle)
The call to community
Care for Creation/Stewardship
Subsidiarity
The principle of human life and dignity
What is human dignity?
Living without accumulating a lot of material things
the inherent worth and goodness that all people have
catholic nuns and priests and nuns
living in a state of equality with others
In 2018 children were placed in detention centers away from their families, and many parents were not informed about where their children were being taken. This happened at the US/Mexico border. This caused significant trauma for the children and violated their right to grow up in a loving, supportive environment with their families. Which principle was violated? (choose most correct answer)
The principle of human dignity and the protection of life.
Call to Family/community
Subsidiarity
The principle of Common Good
The Mayor and city council understood that people have a right to have a safe place to live, so when developers came to him asking to buy up most of the land to create very expensive high end housing he did not agree to this plan. In this case the city officials were upholding which principle? (choose the most correct answer)
Rights and Responsiblities
The principle of human life
Care of Creation
Dignity of Work
Which principle is violated: In 2020, it was reported that over 1,000 rhinos were killed by poachers in Africa,
The principle of human life and human dignity.
Call to community
Subsidiarity
Care for Creation/stewardship
Big companies or governments ignoring the voices of small farmers or workers when making rules about land use, food, or wages—the farmers are closest to the problem, but they are being excluded. Which principle is violated?
Subsidiarity
Call to Community
The principle of human dignity.
Solidarity
Donating food to a food drive. which is it?
charity
Justice
Learning about unfair systems that do not allow people to thrive and grow. Which is it?
charity
Justice
Church leaders were critical of a 2018 budget proposal. In the proposal there were major cuts to programs like food stamps (SNAP) and housing help, while also suggesting tax cuts that mostly helped the richest Americans.
Which Catholic Social Teaching principle is being violated here?
Preferential Option For The Poor
Subsidiarity
Human life
Rights of Workers
During the Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century, workers in factories were often subjected to long hours, dangerous conditions, and low wages, as seen in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which resulted in the deaths of 146 workers, many of whom were young immigrant women. Which principle was violated?
Preferential Option For the Poor
Call To Community
Care of Creation
Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers
The US Department of Labor has found that many Amazon employees are exposed to unsafe working conditions that led to injury and even death in the Amazon warehouses. Which principle was violated by Amazon?
Dignity of Work and Rights of workers
Principle of human life.
Call to community
Subsidiarity
What is the common good?
the best plan for the affluent
making sure that you and your family get what you need
education that allows for everyone to grow
The common good means what’s best for everyone, not just one person or group.
It respects the dignity and rights of every human being.
After a horrible hurricane and tornado down south, local governments were crippled so the national guard was called in to offer assistance. In this example the government was upholding which principle?
preferential option for the poor
common good
the principle of human life
the principle of subsidiarity
There is a young pregnant woman who does not have health insurance or enough money to pay for the expenses of her car, so some people at her church helps her by connecting her to a doctor and they provided her transportation to and from her job until she can find permanent transportation. Which principle of Catholic Social Teaching is being upheld. (Check the TWO most correct answers)
Call to Community
Principle of Human life and dignity
Dignity of Work and Rights of workers
Solidarity
In 2014, the U.S. sent billions of dollars in aid to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (specifically to Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea) The money was for medical supplies, doctors and healthcare workers. The money also helped build treatment centers to stop the spread of the disease. Which principle is being upheld? (there are several principles connected to this but try to choose the most correct answer)
Care of Creation/Stewardship
Mr. Burke
Dignity of work and the rights of workers
Solidarity (we are a global community)
