“Justice is the primary way of charity”. (Pope Benedict XVI, 60)
Common Good Articles
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.
Gun Control and Self-Defense
The Catholic Church does not have an official, comprehensive teaching on gun control, but she does on issues like human dignity, the common good and self-defense.
To understand where the Church is today, we must first look at the historical justifications and contrast them with the modern development of Catholic Social…
From Pope Francis to Pope Leo XIV, this continuity reflects a central conviction of Catholic social teaching: peace is built by justice rooted in human…
The family is not a human invention or a social convenience, but a gift from God entrusted with a vital mission.…
Catholic Social Teaching insists on both compassion and responsibility, on both the dignity of immigrants and the legitimate concerns of the political community.…
For the immigrant in the U.S. illegally, Catholic Social Teaching offers a clear moral framework for maintaining right relationship even amid legal limbo.…
Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them.…
List of Articles
- 5 Surprising Ideas About Poverty from Dilexi Te
- 5 Surprising Ideas from Catholic Social Teaching
- A Compass for Young Generations
- A Divided Government and the Political Divide
- A Laudato Si Summary
- A List of Human Rights According to the Church
- A Reflection on the 2026 CAPP International Conference
- A Rerum Novarum Summary
- A Short Course on Subsidiarity
- Affordable Housing and Catholic Social Teaching
- Artificial Intelligence in the Light of the Social Teaching of the Church
- Catholic Social Teaching and Sacrifice
- Consumerism: Rampant and Dangerous
- Death Penalty Pros and Cons
- Democracy Quotes that Will Make You Think
- Digital Revolution: The Death of Agency and Freedom in a Post-Human Future?
- Euthanasia
- Freedom Quotes from the Catholic Church
- Gender Equality and the Church
- God Quotes from Catholic Social Teaching
- Gratuitousness: Catholic Social Teaching’s Solution for Capitalism
- Gun Control and Self-Defense
- Helping the Poor
- 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
- Is Family Life Today Under Attack?
- Is Feminism Good or Bad?
- 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
- Our Human Environment is Endangered
- Pope Francis and Gender Ideology
- Pope Francis on Abortion
- Pope Francis on the Environment
- Pope Francis Quotes on War and Peace
- Pornography Assaults Human Dignity
- Pornography, Addiction, and the Common Good
- Poverty Quotes from the Church
- Quotes about Hard Work from the Church
- Quotes about Truth from the Church
- Racism Quotes from the Church
- Rediscovering the Power of Fatherhood
- School Choice and Catholic Social Teaching
- Should the Death Penalty be Allowed?
- Social Justice Quotes
- Social Media and Mental Health
- Tariffs and the Common Good
- The 2025 Government Shutdown
- The Common Good is a Result, not a Principle
- The Cycle of Violence
- The Problems of Globalization
- The Ukraine War and Pope Leo XIV
- The Ukraine War and the International Work for Peace
- The Work for Peace and Development
- Universal Healthcare pros and cons
- Violence Begets Violence
- What is a Union and What does the Church Teach?
- What is Integral Development?
- When there is No Path to Citizenship
- Who is My Neighbor?
- Women Nurturing Sustainable Development
