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The Church’s understanding of human rights is rooted in the fact that we are made in the image of God.

Solidarity means a radical gift of self, a love that imitates Christ. We all have dignity and must give God to others.
Practicing CST is Personal and Spiritual
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The practice of Catholic social teaching is both personal and spiritual. “Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.” Pope Francis
What is Charity?
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“Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.” Charity requires engaging, directly, those around us who are in need.
What is Social Justice?
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Social justice is what results when “associations or individuals…obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation.”
Cardinal Marc Ouellet
Cardinal Ouellet on Women's Ordination
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Can women be ordained? The Catechism gives the simplest answer (CCC, 1577)“Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination. The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry
What is the role of profit in business?
The Role of Profit in Business
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When a firm makes a profit, this means that productive factors have been properly employed and corresponding human needs have been duly satisfied.” (Centesimus Annus, 35)
Waving flags at the capitol representing government, politics, democracy, and state responsibilities.
Catholic Social Teaching is not Left or Right
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Just as “Christian charitable activity must be independent of parties and ideologies” (Pope Benedict XVI) Catholic social teaching is not an endorsement of or for any political teaching.

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