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Pope Benedict XVI: A Caritas in Veritate Overview

A summary of Caritas in Veritate (CIV) begins with understanding its importance and requires recognizing its complexity and ambition and also its simplicity.

AI Ethics: Cardinal Parolin's Address to CAPP-USA
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…
Pope Francis greets crowds in St. Peter's square.
Catholic Quotes about the Church's Social Teaching
“The social message of the gospel must not be considered a theory, but above all else a basis and motivation for action.” (Pope St. John…
Cardinal Parolin visits New York for the Pro Pontifice Dinner hosted by CAPP-USA and sponsored by Fordham
Cardinal Parolin's Address to CAPP, June 2024
Understanding the transformations that are already taking place before our eyes, as a result of their rapid development, is a necessary act if we want…
The Role of Laity According to Vatican II Pt. 2
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)…
The Role of Laity According to Vatican II Pt. 1
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)…
CAPP was founded by Pope St. John Paul II in 1993 to promote the knowledge and practice of Catholic social teaching.
Top 10 Pope John Paul II Quotes on Politics
Of the many times Pope St. John Paul II spoke about the role of the state and the political system, here are ten quotes that…
Cardinal Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, attends one of the CAPP events.
Cardinal Parolin's Address to CAPP, December 2021
Youth are subjected to having to make continuous decisions that affect their lives (majors, professions, emotional relationships, politics, integration into civil society, purchase decisions, drugs,…
Cardinal Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, attends one of the CAPP events.
A Compass for Young Generations
One of the primary tasks of the Social Doctrine of the Church is intervening in the debate, primarily cultural, to show the irreducible falsehood of…
A New Methodology for a New Economy
There is a widespread understanding among business leaders and economic think-tanks that business will need to be radically different.…
Cardinal Tomasi's Address to CAPP, December 2021
Vatican II approach: “To see (to study the facts); To judge (to apply moral, theological, and spiritual perspective); And to act (to take those tangible…
Pope Benedict XVI was the second of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.
A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 5
Issues of life had been somewhat quarantined from Catholic social teaching and were considered a separate branch of moral theology. The implications for their integration…
Pope Benedict XVI was the second of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.
A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 4
While Pope Benedict XVI identifies in Caritas in Veritate that implementing Catholic social teaching is a way for the lay faithful to "give flesh to…
Pope Benedict XVI was the second of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.
A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 3
Pope Benedict XVI identifies that the Church "above all…works…to protect mankind from self-destruction."…
Pope Benedict XVI was the second of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.
A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 2
Continuing our summary of Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI teaches us that without God “development is either denied or entrusted exclusively to man…and ends up…
Pope Benedict XVI was the second of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.
A Summary of Caritas in Veritate Part 1
A summary of Caritas in Veritate (CIV) begins with understanding its importance and requires recognizing its complexity and ambition and also its simplicity.…
John Paul II was the first of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.
4 Key Learnings from Pope St. John Paul II
Just four months before his death – in his final meeting with CAPP – Pope St. John Paul II, in a sort of Last Will…
The ‘Health of Nations’ in Light of CST and Pope Francis
We have the opportunity, not simply to reevaluate our economic, political, and social orders, but actually to change them for the better.…
Francis is the third of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.
What is the Church's Role in Catholic Social Teaching
While the Church fully realizes that society must be structured appropriately, she is just as clear that this is NOT the job of the Church.…
Factory workers represrnting dignified work, economics, and integral development.
What is Integral Development?
“Authentic human development concerns the whole of the person in every single dimension”. (Pope Benedict XVI)…
Pope Francis - An Economic Reformer and Provocateur
“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…
Economics should be built on free markets
Catholic Social Teaching, Democracy, and Free Markets
Catholic social teaching places economic freedom parallel to political freedom. …
The Importance of Centesimus Annus
Centesimus Annus succeeds in drawing together the most creative and effective parts of Catholic Social Teaching over the prior hundred years. It is more than…

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