“We were created with a vocation to work.” (Pope Francis, 128)
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Culture Quotes from Catholic Social Teaching
“Man remains above all a being who seeks the truth and strives to live in that truth…From this…the culture of a nation derives its character.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 51)
What is ‘Ethical’ Porn?
“By its very nature, pornography denies the genuine meaning of human sexuality”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 2)
All, Secularism, What is CST?
The top Pope St. John XXIII quotes from his great social encyclical, Mater et Magistra.
All, Preferential Option for the Poor
"We need to broaden our perspective…We need to grow in a solidarity which 'would allow all peoples to become the artisans of their destiny'" (Pope Francis, 190)
All, Dignity of Work
Each year in celebrating the feast of St. Joseph the Worker we remember: “We were created with a vocation to work.” (Pope Francis, 128)
All, Preferential Option for the Poor
Structural poverty is particularly egregious for “those living in conditions opposed to human dignity: those who lack basic rights and needs such as food, water, hygiene, work and the opportunity to develop and grow culturally”. (Pope Francis, 2)
All, Preferential Option for the Poor
Visit any impoverished town or inner city and it will be clear that material lack is not the key problem.
