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Healthy families are where we first learn how to be human. It is where we discover that love becomes a responsibility.…
More than 70% of workers now rely on secondary gig income to meet daily expenses. Rerum Novarum has guidance for gig employers and workers.…
From Pope Francis to Pope Leo XIV, this continuity reflects a central conviction of Catholic social teaching: peace is built by justice rooted in human…
CST provides a living vision for rebuilding community, renewing institutions, and healing the social fabric.…
The Church has noted that socialism often mimics Christian ideals, but the Church concludes that socialism, even moderated, remains incompatible with truth.…
The family is not a human invention or a social convenience, but a gift from God entrusted with a vital mission.…
Such hatred, expressed through lethal violence, demands a response grounded in moral clarity and truth.…
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What does the Bible actually say about migration, borders, and welcoming strangers?…
Catholic Social Teaching insists on both compassion and responsibility, on both the dignity of immigrants and the legitimate concerns of the political community.…
This is the Church's enduring wisdom: that people aren't the problem. People are the answer.…
The failed predictions of overpopulation and collapse stemmed from flawed models — and from a deeper misunderstanding of the human person.…
"To blame population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues."…
Several broad and measurable trends show that the global picture looks very different from what mid-twenty century “population alarmists” predicted.…
For more than half a century, the world has feared that human numbers would overwhelm the planet’s ability to sustain life. The “population bomb,” they…
We are witnessing the breakdown caused by an "increasingly stark disagreement between Democrats and Republicans...about more than just politics and policies."…
Rerum Novarum was groundbreaking in addressing the struggles of the working class and societal challenges during the Industrial Revolution.…
Rooted in the core principles of human dignity, CST offers a constructive vision for our own time of rapid transformation.…
Democratic socialism reduces mankind into economic elements. The Catholic Church rejects that human beings can be so understood.…
The lack of housing...should be seen as a summing-up of shortcomings: economic, social, cultural or simply human in nature.…
Democratic socialism reduces mankind into economic elements. The Catholic Church rejects that human beings can be so understood.…
A summary of Caritas in Veritate (CIV) begins with understanding its importance and requires recognizing its complexity and ambition and also its simplicity.…
Following his predecessors, Pope Leo XIV says “It is the duty of all countries to support the cause of peace".…
You have the opportunity to show that the Church’s social doctrine, with its specific anthropological approach, seeks to encourage genuine engagement with social issues.…
The love of Jesus Christ is at the heart of Catholic social teaching, and without it, the common good cannot be achieved.…
There is no greater love than laying down your life. This is the standard by which all other acts of sacrifice are judged. …
Antisemitism is one such grave injustice, striking at the heart of our faith’s call to love and solidarity.…
"We aspire to a happiness that is definitively found in the one thing that can bring us fulfilment, which is love." (Pope Francis) …
Laudato Si’ is an appeal for humanity to recognize and embrace God’s vision for the earth and recognize our interconnectedness.…
Catholic Social Teaching: The Principles
Major Themes of Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Social Teaching on the Structures of Society
Catholic Social Teaching & Pathologies
Catholic Social Teaching on Contemporary Issues
Purpose
Pope St. John Paul II established CAPP —
“to promote and defend the knowledge and the practice of the Church’s social doctrine.”
Message to the Members of the “Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice” Foundation
