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Euthanasia

Advocates of euthanasia use terms like “freedom”, “compassion”, “choice”, “death with dignity”, and “the right to die” to mask the act with “a veil of human compassion”. (Pope Benedict XVI)

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.
What is Capitalism?
All, Consumerism, Economics
The Church's relationship with capitalism is complex.
Top Pope John XXIII Quotes
All, Secularism, What is CST?
The top Pope St. John XXIII quotes from his great social encyclical, Mater et Magistra.
Helping the Poor
All, Preferential Option for the Poor
"We need to broaden our perspective…We need to grow in a solidarity which 'would allow all peoples to become the artisans of their destiny'" (Pope Francis, 190)
St. Joseph the Worker and the Dignity of Work
All, Dignity of Work
Each year in celebrating the feast of St. Joseph the Worker we remember: “We were created with a vocation to work.” (Pope Francis, 128)
Structural Poverty and Catholic Social Teaching
All, Preferential Option for the Poor
Structural poverty is particularly egregious for “those living in conditions opposed to human dignity: those who lack basic rights and needs such as food, water, hygiene, work and the opportunity to develop and grow culturally”. (Pope Francis, 2)

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