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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

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

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

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

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

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

Article three: The family I. The institution of the family 84. “Since the Creator of all things has established the conjugal partnership as the beginning and basis of human society,” the family is “the first … Read More

Article two: The Human person I. The dignity of the Human person 39. In effect, to teach and to spread her social doctrine pertains to the Church’s evangelizing mission and is an essential part of … Read More

Article One: The nature of Catholic Social Teaching I. The Church as Mother and Teacher 1. The Catholic Church has been established by Jesus Christ as mother and teacher of nations, so that all who … Read More