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<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ header_text_color=”#054368″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cYour Foundation is characterized<\/strong> at the same time by its particular closeness to the Successor of Peter and to the Apostolic See, <\/strong>in an attitude of intelligent listening and active collaboration.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Through appropriate initiatives\u2026you intend to deepen the real scope of the Pontifical teachings in social matters, to know all their relevance and beneficial efficacy\u2026while announcing Christian social doctrine and continuously developing it according to the needs of the times\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, June 5<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ use_custom_gutter=”on” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ header_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” custom_padding=”|40px|||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|40px|||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “According to a well-defined purpose enshrined in your Statute, the Foundation\u2026 “favors initiatives to develop the presence and operation of the Church in the various spheres of contemporary society”. This clause opens up a vast field for making the most of your experience and your inventive skills [and I] encourage you to work with renewed energy.”<\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, September 24<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Pope-John-Paul-II-addresses-CAPP-in-1993-at-the-Vatican.png” title_text=”Pope John Paul II addresses CAPP in 1993 at the Vatican” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ header_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ custom_padding=”10px|10px||10px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”10px|10px||10px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px|10px||10px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “I\u2026point out various situations\u2026which threaten the life and dignity of the human being\u2026which, in the name of a fallacious progress and on the basis of a false concept of freedom, is spread by those who, powerful and rich, violate the rights of the weak and the poor.”<\/span><\/p>\n “These attitudes\u2026lead to the practical negation of a Creator God and natural law [and] ultimately threaten the very survival of the society.”<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is therefore urgent that all men of goodwill take courageous and constant action to unmask similar widespread pseudo-values \u200b\u200band instead promote authentic ethical values, aimed at safeguarding human, individual and social life.” <\/span><\/p>\n “I am therefore very comforted to know that you, members of the \u2018Centesimus Annus \u2013 Pro Pontifice\u2019 Foundation, work to deepen the social teaching of the Church and strive to translate it into practice not only in the context of your businesses, but also how far your professional and Christian action goes.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Continue on that demanding mission; always remain united to the Church and support, especially with your prayer, the Supreme Pontiff in the arduous task of proclaiming \u2013 \u2018opportune et importune\u2019 \u2013 the Gospel of Christ.”<\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, November 25<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ header_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “I\u2026congratulate you on your visit, which allows me to follow closely what you are doing in support of the Social Doctrine of the Church in the context of both its deepening and its diffusion and application. This Doctrine, in fact, cannot be considered simply as a theory; it intends first of all to offer a foundation and motivation for a coherent application commitment”.<\/span><\/p>\n “Be industrious witnesses of your faith. You will thus contribute actively to the construction of the desired civilization of love, whose first rule is to promote respect for every human being.”<\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, November 23<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ use_custom_gutter=”on” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/johnpaulii-cropped.jpg” alt=”CAPP was founded by Pope St. John Paul II in 1993 to promote the knowledge and practice of Catholic social teaching.” title_text=”johnpaulii-cropped” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||40px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|||40px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “I\u2026congratulate you on your praiseworthy commitment to spreading and applying the Church\u2019s social doctrine, and I am grateful to you for this visit, which affords me a valuable opportunity to become acquainted with the developments of your laudable activity.”<\/span><\/p>\n “[Y]ou\u2026are continually called to interpret the requirements of solidarity according to the spirit of Christ and the Church\u2019s teaching. In this way you will be able to witness to God\u2019s tenderness for every person and to promote, together with the dignity of the person, an international co-existence which is more just and fraternal”. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, May 9<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ header_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#F2F2F2″ custom_padding=”10px|10px||10px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “I am pleased to be with you again, dear members of the ‘Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice’ Foundation\u2026the Holy Year 2000 is a great ecclesial event in which your Foundation is called to collaborate”.<\/span><\/p>\n “I am aware of your intention to organize an international congress [and] I appreciate such an important initiative and hope that it will bear abundant fruits\u2026I cordially encourage you in this initiative\u2026as I wholeheartedly wish that the Foundation will grow, so that it can ever more effectively work with the Holy See and the Church in the new evangelization and in promoting the civilization of love”.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, September 11<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “I am happy to welcome you to this meeting, with which you wish to renew the sentiments of affection that bind you to the Successor of Peter\u2026Thank you for your visit!”<\/span><\/p>\n “I\u2026warmly welcome the members of your association and express my deep pleasure for the work they have accomplished in the course of the past year. This work is highly commendable… For this reason, I desire to show my gratitude”.<\/span><\/p>\n “[Y]our foundation is a valid form of lay apostolate. As I had an opportunity to say at our first meeting of 5 June 1993, the Foundation \u2018Centesimus annus – Pro Pontifice\u2019 is \u2018a significant expression of your involvement as lay faithful\u2019. In fact, to [you] is entrusted the ministry ‘to seek the kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and directing them according to God’s will’.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I am grateful to you for your common endeavor, and\u2026you have the task to redouble in a special way every effort for a genuine social renewal, taking the perennial teaching of the Gospel as your reference and the Church’s social doctrine as your guide. May God grant that your generous dedication may be crowned with abundant fruit.”<\/span><\/p>\n “As once more I express my esteem and spiritual closeness, I entrust you to the heavenly protection of the Mother of God, so that she may safeguard all of you under her motherly mantle of grace. I cordially impart my blessing to you, to your families and to all your loved ones”. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, February 9<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.17.3″ custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ header_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” custom_padding=”|40px|||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|40px|||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “Today’s meeting is connected to the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Vatican Foundation, ‘Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice’, which provides a singular response to the invitation I offered in the Encyclical which has inspired this group, to promote and defend the knowledge and the practice of the Church’s social doctrine.”<\/span><\/p>\n “The past 10 years have seen the strengthening of the Foundation, the development of study and formation projects – among which is particularly appreciated the Master’s in Social Doctrine, promoted in collaboration with the Pontifical Lateran University”.<\/span><\/p>\n “I cannot but rejoice at all this, while I feel I must express a special ‘thank you’ to those who have contributed to putting annually at my disposal precious resources for my evangelical solicitude toward the whole world.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I encourage you to continue in your undertaking, always keeping before you three great convictions:<\/span><\/p>\n a) The permanent timeliness of the social doctrine of the Church.<\/span><\/p>\n [O]ne really must start from a concrete perspective:\u00a0 the truth about man which is discovered by reason and confirmed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that proclaims and promotes the true dignity and the innate social vocation of the person.<\/span><\/p>\n The social teaching of the Church progressively deepens the different aspects of that truth\u2026and offers indirect incentive for the promotion of human laws, for the tutelage of the family, for the development of truly democratic and participatory political institutions, for an economy at the service of man, for a new international order that guarantees justice together with peace among the peoples, for an ever more responsible moral attitude towards creation, which must also be at the service of future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n b)\u00a0The proper responsibility of the Christian laity.<\/span><\/p>\n highlighted by me many times with conviction in the acts of my Magisterium, such responsibility rightly finds in the social doctrine of the Church a necessary, productive and exalting reference point\u2026It is surely a great responsibility that should be seen by the Christian laity not as a limited obligation, but as a generous and creative mission.<\/span><\/p>\n c)\u00a0The awareness that only new men are able to make all things new.<\/span><\/p>\n One should not ask of economic, political or social institutions what they are not able to give. Every true newness is born of the heart, from a conscience illuminated and empowered to true liberty by the living encounter with the One who has said: ‘I am the way, and the truth and the life’ and ‘Apart from me you can do nothing’. <\/span><\/p>\n The social commitment of the Christian laity can therefore be fed and made consistent, powerful and courageous only by a profound spirituality, that is, by a life of intimate union with Jesus\u2026[and] through the difficult work of building a society closer to the great, providential design of God.<\/span><\/p>\n “In offering these guidelines for your expanding task with respect, with hope and with affection, I wish to renew my heartfelt thanks”<\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, July 5<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JohnPaul-resized_92c8c3977c495da9e9d8d380277ad516.jpg” alt=”John Paul II was the first of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.” title_text=”JohnPaul-resized_92c8c3977c495da9e9d8d380277ad516″ force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” src__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” src__hover=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zac-durant-76HhAKI5JXI-unsplash.jpg”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ header_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#F2F2F2″ custom_padding=”10px|10px||10px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “I take this opportunity to reiterate to this praiseworthy Institution my deep appreciation for the work that it has been carrying out for years at the service of the Church, and particularly of the Successor of Peter.”<\/span><\/p>\n “[Y]our Foundation will be able to make its own contribution to protecting the dignity of the person\u2026May God bless your every effort and make your activity fruitful!” <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, April 29<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ header_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Four months before Pope St. John Paul II\u2019s death he left us this \u201cLast Will & Testament\u201d to the organization he founded.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n “I am pleased to address my cordial greeting to you and the members”.<\/span><\/p>\n “I was delighted to learn that since its creation just over 10 years ago the Foundation has started to spread in the Dioceses of various Nations and is attracting more and more members. I urge you to persevere in the enterprise on which you have embarked, ever careful to preserve a close relationship with the Pastors of the local Churches.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Much remains to be done to ensure that this enriching contribution of ecclesial teaching [CST] becomes a consistent yardstick and a certain force of inspiration for Christian social action. One sometimes has the impression either that the social doctrine of the Church is mentioned rather than known, or that it is seen merely as a horizon of values perhaps too grand and noble ever to be put into practice in this world, rather than a demanding criterion for judgment and action.”<\/span><\/p>\n “It is therefore truly important to have a precise, motivated and complete approach to making the Church’s social teaching known so as to avoid stressing any one aspect more than another, swayed by preconceived emotions or views, thus losing sight of its integral structure and using it instrumentally.”<\/span><\/p>\n “In addition, people must learn to use this doctrine as a valid reference in the context of family, professional and civil responsibilities. They must accept it as a shared criterion for personal and community decisions and actions”.<\/span><\/p>\n “In any case, it will be crucial to understand the social doctrine as an element that characterizes the spirituality of the lay faithful\u2026[which] “steers clear of both intimist spiritualism and social activism and can be expressed in a vital synthesis that confers unity, meaning and hope upon life, which is contradictory and fragmented for many different reasons”.<\/span><\/p>\n “I therefore urge the Members to spare no effort to ensure that the Foundation seeks to pursue these goals in full harmony with the Statutes, recently updated after the experience of the first decade.” <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, December 4<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “I am pleased to be able to meet you for the first time and I greet you all cordially.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I would like to express to each of you my appreciation and my gratitude for your service to the Successor of Peter and for the generosity with which you support his apostolic activity [\u2026] Our Meeting today, therefore, serves to strengthen you in this generous undertaking.”<\/span><\/p>\n “The very name of your Foundation [Centesimus Annus] clearly indicates your goals\u2026[and] says your committed collaboration assists the Church in carrying out her task of spreading the Gospel in a clearly visible way through her social teaching”.<\/span><\/p>\n “Pro Pontifice stresses in turn your intention to foster a particular closeness to the pastoral role of the Bishop of Rome”.<\/span><\/p>\n “I now see with joy that you are gradually branching out into other areas of Europe and America. The nature of the Vatican Foundation both prepares you for these wide horizons and orients you towards them.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Dear friends, through the Centesimus Annus Foundation you contribute\u2026to increasing the knowledge of the social teaching”.<\/span><\/p>\n “Returning to your daily responsibilities, may you feel increasingly united in the bond of Catholic communion and live enthusiastically the commitments you have assumed.”<\/span><\/p>\n Full Address, May 19<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.17.3″ custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenedictXVI-resized-2_8c7a7d17f4237e9e54a6468c4a17f50f.jpg” alt=”Pope Benedict XVI was the second of the three modern popes to shape catholic social teaching.” title_text=”Pope Benedict XVI” _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||40px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “I am truly pleased to welcome you in this visit that follows the Eucharistic celebration in which you participated this morning in St Peter’s Basilica. My cordial greeting goes to each one of you”.<\/span><\/p>\n “In the course of this year’s meeting you reflected on the fundamental commitment that characterizes the Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice Foundation: to deepen the most current aspects of the Church’s social doctrine with reference to the most pressing problems and challenges of today’s world.”<\/span><\/p>\n “You have, in fact, analyzed the changes taking place in the ’emerging’ countries\u2026In this regard I am pleased to repeat an incisive passage in the Encyclical Centesimus Annus of our beloved John Paul II, where he affirms that “development must not be understood solely in economic terms, but in a way that is fully human\u201d\u2026Here we find a constant teaching of the Church’s social doctrine, often repeated by my Predecessors in these last decades.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Dear friends, I know that you, professionals and lay faithful actively committed in the world, want to contribute to resolve these problems in the light of the Church’s social doctrine. Your goal is also to promote a culture of solidarity and to favor economic development attentive to the real expectations of individuals and peoples.”<\/span><\/p>\n “While I encourage you to follow this pledge, I would like to confirm that only by the ordered interweaving of the three critically needed aspects of development – economic, social and human – can a free and solidary society be born.”<\/span><\/p>\n “In this circumstance, I willingly make my own what Pope Montini expressed with impassioned clarity in his Encyclical Populorum Progressio: “If further development calls for the work of more and more technicians, even more necessary is the deep thought and reflection of wise men in search of a new humanism which will enable modern man to find himself anew by embracing the higher values of love and friendship, of prayer and contemplation” (n. 20).”<\/span><\/p>\n “This is your mission; this is the duty that the Lord entrusts to you at the service of the Church and society, and I know that you are carrying it out with zeal and generosity.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Thank you, therefore, for this contribution, thank you for what you do and for the commitment with which you dedicate yourselves to the activity of your Association, willed by my venerable Predecessor John Paul II.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n
1993 – CAPP’s Founding<\/span><\/h5>\n
1994<\/span><\/h5>\n
1995<\/span><\/h5>\n
1996<\/span><\/h5>\n
1998<\/span><\/h5>\n
1999<\/span><\/h5>\n
2002<\/span><\/h5>\n
2003 – FCAPP’s 10th Anniversary<\/span><\/h5>\n
2004 – April<\/span><\/h5>\n
2004 – December<\/span><\/h5>\n
Pope Benedict XVI<\/span><\/h2>\n
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2006<\/span><\/h5>\n
2007<\/span><\/h5>\n