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A Short Course on Subsidiarity

This principle of subsidiarity is crucial to fully understanding Catholic social teaching and, while we may have heard the term “subsidiarity” before, we really need to understand what it means.

Capitalism vs. Socialism
All, Economics, Socialism
Socialism disposes of the right to private property and hands over the production of goods to the state.
What is Socialism?
All, Right to Private Property, Socialism
Socialism disposes of the right to private property and hands over the production of goods to the state.
What is Solidarity?
All, Solidarity
Solidarity is not “a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 38)
Catholic Social Thought and Reviving the Social Order
All, What is CST?
The answer is solidarity and subsidiarity, those two lynchpins of Catholic Social Thought.
Catholic and Gay
All, LGBT
Throughout those millennia the Christian response has remained the same.
What Can I do About Homosexuality?
All, LGBT
We must be aware that “[a]s we proclaim the truth in love, it is not possible for us to avoid all criticism; nor is it possible to please everyone.”

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