“Justice is the primary way of charity”. (Pope Benedict XVI, 60)
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Racism Quotes from the Church
“The Church reproves, as foreign to the mind of Christ, any discrimination.” (Pope St. Paul VI, 5)
Karl Marx and Catholic Social Teaching
Karl Marx’s greatest error was anthropological. He thought that once the economy had been put right, everything would automatically be put right.
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.…
List of Articles
- 10 Myths about the Catholic Church and Immigration
- 10 Questions About Catholic Social Teaching
- 10 Reasons Culture is in Crisis
- 4 Key Learnings from Pope St. John Paul II
- 5 Surprising Ideas About Poverty from Dilexi Te
- 5 Surprising Ideas from Catholic Social Teaching
- A Compass for Young Generations
- A Deeper Examination of Human Dignity
- A Dilexi Te Summary
- A Divided Government and the Political Divide
- A Laudato Si Summary
- A List of Human Rights According to the Church
- A New Methodology for a New Economy
- A Rerum Novarum Summary
- A Short Course on Subsidiarity
- A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 1
- A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 2
- A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 3
- A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 4
- A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 5
- Abortion Quotes from the Church
- Affordable Housing and Catholic Social Teaching
- AI Ethics: Cardinal Parolin's Address to CAPP-USA
- An Old Fashioned Christmas
- Antiqua et Nova: A gift on Artificial Intelligence
- Antisemitism and Bondi Beach
- Antisemitism and the Catholic Church
- Are there 7 "themes" of catholic social teaching?
- Bible Quotes that Establish Catholic Social Teaching
- Bible verses about Homosexuality
- Border Security and Catholic Teaching
- Can Women be Ordained Priests?
- Capitalism vs. Socialism
- Cardinal Ouellet on Women's Ordination
- Cardinal Parolin's Address to CAPP, December 2021
- Cardinal Parolin's Address to CAPP, June 2024
- Cardinal Parolin's Address to CAPP, September 2022
- Cardinal Tomasi's Address to CAPP, December 2021
- Catholic and Gay
- Catholic Quotes about the Church's Social Teaching
- Catholic Social Teaching and Care for Nature
- Catholic Social Teaching and Economics by Domingo Bickel
- Catholic Social Teaching and Sacrifice
- Catholic Social Teaching is not Left or Right
- Catholic Social Teaching vs. Secular Social Theory
- Catholic Social Teaching, Democracy, and Free Markets
- Catholic Social Teaching: Antidote to Extremism
- Catholic Social Thought and Reviving the Social Order
- Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality
- Charity vs. Justice
- Christianity and Homosexuality
- Consumerism and the Environment
- Consumerism: Rampant and Dangerous
- Consumption and Family Life
- Cultural Appropriation and Catholic Social Teaching
- Culture Quotes from Catholic Social Teaching
- Culture: The Most Important Structure of Society
- Death Penalty Pros and Cons
- Democracy Quotes that Will Make You Think
- Euthanasia
- Faith Formation in Catholic Social Teaching
- Freedom Quotes from the Catholic Church
- From Population Bomb to Population Growth
- Gender Equality and the Church
- Generative AI and Human Dignity
- God Quotes from Catholic Social Teaching
- Good, Socially Responsible Business
- Gratuitousness: Catholic Social Teaching’s Solution for Capitalism
- Gun Control and Self-Defense
- Hard Questions About Immigration
- Helping the Poor
- Holiday Commercialization and Consumerism
- How Can Goods be Universal?
- How to be a Real Social Justice Warrior?
- Human Rights on Which the State Must be Ordered
- Human Rights Quotes from the Church
- Immigrant Rights and Duties
- Immigrant Stories
- Immigration and Mass Deportations
- Immigration Quotes from the Church
- Immigration Reform and Catholic Social Teaching
- Inflation and Catholic Social Teaching
- International Peace
- Is Family Life Today Under Attack?
- Is Feminism Good or Bad?
- Is it a Sin to Hire Undocumented Workers
- Is the World Overpopulated?
- Is Undocumented Immigration Sinful?
- Is Your Company Paying "Just" Wages?
- Justice Quotes from the Church
- Karl Marx and Catholic Social Teaching
- Learning from the Holy Family
- Living Catholic Social Teaching in a Fragmented World
- Loneliness Quotes
- Mark Carney, Pope Francis, and the Global Economy
- Marxism vs. Catholic Social Teaching: Where They Overlap—and Why They Ultimately Clash
- Our Human Environment is Endangered
- Pope Benedict XVI: A Caritas in Veritate Overview
- Pope Francis - An Economic Reformer and Provocateur
- Pope Francis and Gender Ideology
- Pope Francis on Abortion
- Pope Francis on the Environment
- Pope Francis Quotes on War and Peace
- Pope Francis Reforms the Roman Curia
- Pope Leo XIV's First Address to CAPP
- Pornography Assaults Human Dignity
- Pornography, Addiction, and the Common Good
- Poverty Quotes from the Church
- Practicing CST is Personal and Spiritual
- President Tetlow's Address to CAPP
- Quotes about Government
- Quotes about Hard Work from the Church
- Quotes about Truth from the Church
- Racism Quotes from the Church
- Rediscovering the Power of Fatherhood
- Rest in Peace Pope Benedict XVI
- Reversing Depopulation with the Church's Moral Framework
- School Choice and Catholic Social Teaching
- Scientific Reasons Against Abortion
- Social Justice Issues and CST
- Social Justice Quotes
- Social Media and Mental Health
- Socialist Countries and Welfare States
- Solidarity Flows From Faith
- St. Joseph the Worker and the Dignity of Work
- Structural Poverty and Catholic Social Teaching
- Tariffs and the Common Good
- The ‘Health of Nations’ in Light of CST and Pope Francis
- The 2025 Government Shutdown
- The Catholic Response to Gender Dysphoria
- The Church and Conservation
- The Common Good is a Result, not a Principle
- The Critical Importance of the Principle of Subsidiarity
- The Cycle of Violence
- The Dangers of a Consumer Culture
- The Dignity of Work by Mr. Michael S. Davison, III
- The Gig Economy and Rerum Novarum
- The Government Must Defend a Culture of Family
- The Great Resignation and the Rights of Workers
- The Importance of Centesimus Annus
- The Importance of Motherhood
- The Importance of Our Physical Environment
- The Love of Jesus
- The New Evangelization
- The Often Misunderstood Right to Private Property
- The Origin of Catholic Social Teaching
- The Overpopulation Fear: The Malthusian Theory and Paul Ehrlich
- The Poorest Country in the World
- The Practical Value of Solidarity and Subsidiarity
- The Problems of Globalization
- The Real Problem: Consumerism and Overconsumption
- The Relationship Between CST, Social Justice, and Charity
- The Rise of Shoplifting
- The Role of Laity According to Vatican II Pt. 1
- The Role of Laity According to Vatican II Pt. 2
- The Role of Laity in CST Part 1
- The Role of Laity in CST Part 2
- The Role of Laity in CST Part 3
- The Role of Laity in CST Part 4
- The Role of Profit in Business
- The Role of the State and Economic Activity
- The Sexual Revolution and Catholic Social Teaching
- The Top Environment Quotes from the Church
- The Top Marriage Quotes from the Church
- The Ukraine War and Catholic Social Teaching
- The Ukraine War and the International Work for Peace
- The Work for Peace and Development
- Top 10 Pope Benedict XVI Quotes on Politics
- Top 10 Pope John Paul II Quotes on Politics
- Top 10 Pope Leo XIII Quotes on Private Property
- Top Laudato Si Quotes on Environment
- Top Magisterial Quotes about Family
- Top Nature Quotes from the Church
- Top Pope John XXIII Quotes
- Types of Families and New Definitions
- Universal Healthcare pros and cons
- Was Jesus a Capitalist?
- Was Jesus a Socialist?
- We are Made in the Image of God
- We Cannot Choose Which Parts Of The Truth We Believe In
- What Can I do About Homosexuality?
- What Does Catholic Social Teaching Say About a "Welfare State"?
- What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?
- What Does the Bible Say About Divorce?
- What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality
- What does the Bible Say About Immigration?
- What Exactly is the Preferential Option for the Poor?
- What is 'Ethical' Porn?
- What is a "Just" Distribution of Wealth?
- What is a Union and What does the Church Teach?
- What is a Wholesome Culture?
- What is Alienation?
- What is Capitalism?
- What is Charity?
- What is Christian Humanism?
- What is Culture?
- What is Democratic Socialism?
- What is Ecology?
- What is Family?
- What is Freedom?
- What is Happiness?
- What is Integral Development?
- What is Integral Ecology?
- What is Marriage?
- What is Poverty?
- What is Pro-Life: The Consistent Teaching on Abortion
- What is Radical Secularism?
- What is Reverse Racism?
- What is Social Justice?
- What is Socialism?
- What is Solidarity?
- What is the Church's Role in Catholic Social Teaching
- What is the Role of Women?
- What is Truth?
- When there is No Path to Citizenship
- Who are the Working Poor?
- Who is My Neighbor?
- Why Are There 3 Key Principles in Catholic Social Teaching?
- Why do I Feel so Alone?
- Why is Family Important
- Will God Forgive an Abortion?
- Women Nurturing Sustainable Development
- Work Ethic and Catholic Social Teaching
