Article eleven: Conclusion The Human Family 365. After formulating principles and guidelines for the solution of the worker question, Pope Leo XIII made this incisive state ment: Everyone should put his hand to the work … Read More
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts. Article ten: The International Community
Article ten: The International Community The Human Family 324. According to biblical Revelation, God created the human being man and woman in his image and likeness. This bond bet ween the human person and the … Read More
Passion for Justice: a Social Justice Teaching Resource
In this exceptional resource we will find 8 chapters with ideas and activities for teaching Social Justice: Contents: Frederic Ozanam 1813 – 1853 Poverty Social Justice Catholic Social Teaching St Vincent de Paul St Vincent … Read More
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts. Article nine: The Environment
Article nine: The Environment The Goodness of the Created Order 311. And God saw that it was good (Gn 1:25). These words from the first chapter of the Book of Genesis reveal the meaning of … Read More
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts. Article eight: Poverty and Charity
Article eight: Poverty and Charity The Scandal of Poverty 287. For this reason, I wish to call attention to a number of general indicators, without excluding other specific ones. Without going into an analysis of … Read More
Property and People: The ongoing relevance of an oft-forgotten church teaching
We forget many things. Usually, they do not disappear completely from memory; they just lie buried under countless other things. From time to time they rise to the surface, but quickly fall back into oblivion. … Read More
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts. Article seven: Work and Wages
Article seven: Work and Wages The Nature of Work 251. The Church finds in the very first pages of the book of Genesis the source of her conviction that work is a fundamental dimension of … Read More
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts. Article six: The economy
Article six: The economy I. The universal destination of material goods 202. “Fill the earth and subdue it” (Gn 1:28). The Bible, from the first page on, teaches us that the whole of creation is … Read More
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts. Article five: The role of the state
Article five: The role of the state I. Temporal authority 178 “Human society can be neither well-ordered nor prosperous unless it has some people invested with legitimate authority to preserve its institutions and to devote … Read More
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts. Article four: The social order
Article four: The social order I. The centrality of the Human Person 118. The cardinal point of this teaching is that individual men are necessarily the foundation, cause, and end of all social institu- tions. … Read More
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