Social justice is what results when “associations or individuals…obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation.”
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The Government Must Defend a Culture of Family
The Church teaches that a government must protect the family. But the Church is also very clear on the State’s limits.
Top Magisterial Quotes about Family
Here is a list of family quotes, both long and short, from the Magisterium of the Church that never fail to inspire and encourage us.
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The “common good” is a critical concept and – an aspirational result: “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily”. (CCC, 1906)
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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.
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Catholic social teaching seeks to apply the essence of Christian moral principles to life in society. It is not an economic or political program, but it offers a powerful way of thinking about what the common good requires.
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“Do not expect peace in society without seeking the common good.” “More than a tinge of urgency can be detected…in Pope Francis’ comments on business and economics in his Exhortation, ‘Evangelii Gaudium.'”
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It is frustrating that we need to qualify a certain business or investment as being ‘socially responsible’. This qualification implies that most of the other business is socially irresponsible. Indeed, anyone following the financial media will conclude that there is much irresponsibility in the way business is conducted.
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I must remind you and me that we are all called to maintain, defend and advocate for the fullness of the Truth, despite the complexity of the issue or the personal cost to do so.
