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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.

AI Ethics: Cardinal Parolin’s Address to CAPP-USA

All, Artificial Intelligence, Understanding Encyclicals

It is the Church’s responsibility to provide guidance on the ethical use of AI, ensuring that it promotes human dignity, social justice, and the common good.

Work Ethic and Catholic Social Teaching

All, Dignity of Work

“We were created with a vocation to work.” (Pope Francis, 128)

Culture Quotes from Catholic Social Teaching

All, Culture

“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)

The Role of Laity According to Vatican II Pt. 1

All, Other, Understanding Encyclicals

The laity’s role is special! "In a word, ‘Christians must be to the world what the soul is to the body’." (Lumen Gentium, 38)

What is Reverse Racism?

All, Human Dignity

It often entails racist attitudes and behaviors of a minority group toward a majority group that historically was racist toward the minority.

What Does the Bible Say About Divorce?

All, Human Environment, The Family and Marriage

While Moses allowed divorce - due to hardness of our hearts (Matthew 19:8) that didn’t mean God was fine with it! "I hate divorce, says the Lord". (Malachi 2:16).

The Great Resignation and the Rights of Workers

All, Dignity of Work, Economics

The interest of Catholic social teaching is not on the Great Resignation itself, but on the conditions of work, the expectations of employers and employees, and other issues of work.