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On May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, Illinois, was elected the 267th Pontiff, and successor of St. Peter.<\/span><\/p>\n He is the first American Pope in history.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Mosaic (3)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cardinal-Robert-Prevost-elected-as-Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg” background_position=”top_center” background_vertical_offset=”40%” min_height=”400px” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.3″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”20px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” 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=”4.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||0px|40px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”10px||0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A warm welcome to Pope Leo XIV from the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, its members, their families and their stakeholders.<\/p>\n A Pope who knows well the whole world, Old and New, North and South, and the situation of the Church in this world.<\/p>\n With His strong background in hard and social sciences, His orientation to missionary activities and pastoral care, His experience in interreligious dialogue, His many languages and canon law knowledge, Pope Leo XIV is in the best position to continue and further develop the Magisterium of Pope Francis, with Whom He worked closely. As an Augustinian, Pope Leo will be committed to the pursuit of truth through learning and love through engagement in the community.<\/p>\n His chosen name puts Him in a particularly close relationship with the Social Doctrine of the Church and our Foundation\u2019s activities at a time when the Church is called upon to provide hope and moral leadership in a world of divisions, conflicts and disorder.<\/p>\n Let us pray for Him and with Him, asking Our Lady of Good Counsel to guide and support us acting at His service (Pro Pontifice).<\/p>\n Paolo Garonna, President, FCAPP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” 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There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching<\/strong> in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour.” (Pope Leo XIV)<\/a><\/p>\n We encourage you to learn about this great encyclical, and to dive deeper into Catholic social teaching. 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Begun by Pope Francis in the final months of his life, and promulgated by Pope Leo XIV, it affirms that love for the poor is not optional but a path to holiness.<\/p>\n It challenges both individuals and institutions to confront the \u201cstructures of sin\u201d that perpetuate poverty, inequality, and a \u201cthrowaway culture.\u201d<\/p>\n The poor are not passive recipients of aid but active agents of evangelization and renewal.<\/p>\n Dilexi Te calls Christians to personal encounter, structural change, and solidarity, urging the Church to be a \u201cpoor Church for the poor\u201d whose credibility is measured by concrete love, justice, and action.<\/p>\n The Apostolic Exhortation emerges at a critical moment\u2014amid rapid technological change, social fragmentation, and widening inequality\u2014when the Church\u2019s prophetic voice on behalf of the poor is urgently needed.<\/p>\n The document asserts that in the poor and suffering, the Church recognizes the face of her crucified Lord, Jesus Christ, making the \u201coption for the poor\u201d a fundamental tenet of faith. Drawing deeply from Sacred Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the witness of the saints, Dilexi Te shows that God\u2019s plan of salvation is marked by a special concern for the lowly, the marginalized, and the oppressed. 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Begun by Pope Francis in the final months of his life, and promulgated by Pope Leo XIV, it affirms that love for the poor is not optional but a path to holiness.<\/p>\n It challenges both individuals and institutions to confront the \u201cstructures of sin\u201d that perpetuate poverty, inequality, and a \u201cthrowaway culture.\u201d<\/p>\n The poor are not passive recipients of aid but active agents of evangelization and renewal.<\/p>\n Dilexi Te calls Christians to personal encounter, structural change, and solidarity, urging the Church to be a \u201cpoor Church for the poor\u201d whose credibility is measured by concrete love, justice, and action.<\/p>\n The Apostolic Exhortation emerges at a critical moment\u2014amid rapid technological change, social fragmentation, and widening inequality\u2014when the Church\u2019s prophetic voice on behalf of the poor is urgently needed.<\/p>\n The document asserts that in the poor and suffering, the Church recognizes the face of her crucified Lord, Jesus Christ, making the \u201coption for the poor\u201d a fundamental tenet of faith. Drawing deeply from Sacred Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the witness of the saints, Dilexi Te shows that God\u2019s plan of salvation is marked by a special concern for the lowly, the marginalized, and the oppressed. 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Consequently, a doctrine is not the same as an opinion, but is rather a common, collective and even multidisciplinary pursuit of truth.” <\/span>(Address to CAPP)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”ABORTION” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”100ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]“No one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike.”\u00a0<\/span>(Address to Diplomatic Corps)<\/a>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”THE COMMON GOOD” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”150ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “It is the responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious and peaceful civil societies.”\u00a0(Address to Diplomatic Corps)<\/a><\/p>\n “As John Paul II pointed out, peace is an indivisible good; it is either everyone\u2019s or no one\u2019s”. (Address to the ‘Arena of Peace’)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”THE FAMILY AND MARRIAGE” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “[H]armonious and peaceful civil societies…can be achieved above all by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman, ‘a small but genuine society, and prior to all civil society.’\u201d <\/span>(Address to Diplomatic Corps)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” 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max_width=”100%” link_option_url=”\/male-female-transgenderism\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n We are facing a\u00a0crisis<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in human sexuality<\/strong>\u00a0caused by a representation of human anthropology that cancels out differences between men and women.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Abortion” button_link=”\/abortion\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/abortion\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n One of the most divisive issues during the past 50 years! Why is the Church so one-sided<\/strong> (and must always be so)?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Racism in the United States” button_link=”\/racism-in-the-united-states\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Racism is contrary to Christ and the teachings of the Gospel” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_option_url=”\/racism-in-the-united-states\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The belief humanity can be divided into separate and exclusive biological entities with some races innately superior<\/strong> to others. This leads to personal and societal prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity. What does Catholic social teaching have to say about such an insidious \u201cism\u201d<\/strong>? CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Democratic Socialism” button_link=”\/socialism\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”The Church has consistently spoken out against socialism in all its forms, most recently, democratic socialism” image_tablet=”” image_phone=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png” image_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” button_on_hover=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url=”\/socialism\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” border_style_all_image=”none” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” custom_css_slide_image_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_slide_image_phone=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” image__hover=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png” custom_css_slide_image_tablet=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Candidates for President of the United States and many in congress espouse this as an alternative model for our country<\/strong>. What, exactly, is it?<\/strong> What does the Catholic Church say?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Climate Change” button_link=”\/climate-change\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/climate-change\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n One political party committed the US to the Paris Agreement and proposes a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d<\/strong>. Another party withdrew from the Paris Agreement and inimically opposes<\/strong> the other\u2019s proposal. What does Catholic social teaching say?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Immigration” button_link=”\/immigration-and-mass-deportations\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/immigration-and-mass-deportations\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Church recognizes the rights of nations to govern and protect themselves in the interests of the Common Good and <\/strong><\/em>\u201c\u2026the right of all men to migrate\u00a0to other countries and to seek conditions worthy of human life for themselves and for their families.\u201d\u00a0(Gaudium et Spes)<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Universal Healthcare” button_link=”\/universal-healthcare\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”national health care” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_option_url=”\/universal-healthcare\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n US health care is, in many ways, the envy of the world<\/strong>. Would universal<\/strong>, or<\/strong> national, healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0improve it?<\/strong> See how Catholic social teaching can inform the discussion!<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Euthanasia” button_text=”Click Here” button_link=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_option_url=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Without a Christian perspective, the world often seeks to avoid suffering at all costs and strives to make death as painless as possible. It is then that \u201c[w]e must accompany people towards death, but not provoke death<\/strong>\u00a0or facilitate any form of suicide.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”The Family” button_link=”\/the-family\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family.jpg” image_alt=”The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/the-family\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The answer<\/strong> to the dangers to our society.<\/p>\n \u201cThe\u00a0future of humanity<\/b>\u00a0passes <\/strong>by way of the family.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(Pope St. John Paul II, 86)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Marriage” button_link=”\/the-family\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage.jpg” image_alt=”marriage” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/the-family\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The foundation of the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n “[T]ranscends the feelings <\/strong>and momentary needs of the couple\u201d. It is born \u201cfrom the depth of the obligation\u00a0<\/strong>assumed by the spouses”. (Pope Francis, 66)<\/a> <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Dignity of Work” button_link=”\/dignity-of-work\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/dignity-of-work\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n “We were\u00a0created<\/strong>\u00a0with a vocation\u00a0to work<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Gun Control” button_link=”\/gun-control-pros-and-cons-and-self-defense\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/gun-control-pros-and-cons-and-self-defense\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n It is one of the most divisive and painful issues in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0Gun ownership is an issue where there is legitimate diversity of opinion. How does the Church reconcile self-defense with the sacredness of human life?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Overpopulation” button_link=”\/overpopulation\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/overpopulation\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n From the Church\u2019s perspective, the problem was never people themselves. <\/strong>The real question is not how many people the Earth can hold, but how we understand the human person.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”The Death Penalty” button_link=”\/the-death-penalty\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/the-death-penalty\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Church’s historical teaching, the changes Pope Francis made, and what the Church teaches now.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”COVID-19″ button_link=”\/covid19\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” image_alt=”Covid-19 is tearing families, communities, and nations apart. Catholic social teaching can guide us through it.” image_tablet=”” image_phone=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CAPP_CrisisInfog-2004_Icons_medical-supplie.png” image_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” button_on_hover=”on” max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url=”\/covid19\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” border_style_all_image=”none” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” custom_css_slide_image_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_slide_image_phone=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” image__hover=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg” custom_css_slide_image_tablet=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Crisis and<\/strong> the Cure<\/strong>: How does Catholic social teaching evaluate governments\u2019 response?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”The Common Good” button_link=”\/the-common-good\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png” image_alt=”The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/the-common-good\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Common Good is\u00a0not<\/strong> a principle, but an aspirational result<\/strong>: \u201cthe sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily\u201d.\u00a0(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1906)<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Physical Environment” button_link=”\/physical-environment\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment.jpg” image_alt=”God has called us to be stewards of this world, our physical environment and common home.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_font_size=”30px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” transform_translate_linked=”off” link_option_url=”\/physical-environment\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n This is about more than<\/strong> \u2018just\u2019 protecting<\/strong> the environment. There are profound spiritual dimensions involved.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Integral Ecology” button_link=”\/integral-ecology\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology.jpg” image_alt=”Physical and human environments are linked and only integral ecology can care or them both.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_font_size=”30px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” transform_translate_linked=”off” link_option_url=”\/integral-ecology\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The solution to all<\/strong> our environmental problems!<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Human Environment” button_link=”\/human-environment\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment.jpg” image_alt=”How many talk about the serious destruction of our human environment where we grow, live, and work?” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_font_size=”30px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” transform_translate_linked=”off” link_option_url=”\/human-environment\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n \u201c[W]e must also mention the more serious destruction<\/strong> of the human environment, something which is by no means receiving the attention it deserves.\u201d\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”The Four Dangers to Society” button_link=”\/pathologies-overview\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi.jpg” image_alt=”The Church has identified four dangers to society, pathologies, eating away at our culture.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” link_option_url=”\/pathologies-overview\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The Church identifies the major \u2018risks and problems\u2019 eating away at our cultural, economic and political systems. What are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Consumerism” button_link=”\/consumerism\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism.jpg” image_alt=”Consumerism is a terrible affliction of the developed world and an affront to human dignity.” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_option_url=”\/consumerism\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Having and wanting a lot of \u2018stuff\u2019 is at the heart of several of society\u2019s ills<\/strong>. Which ones? Why does this limit our freedom?<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Environmental Degradation” button_link=”\/environmental-degradation\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation.jpg” image_alt=”Our environments, both our physical and human (moral), are in peril, in more ways than you likely realize” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_font_size=”30px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” transform_translate_linked=”off” link_option_url=”\/environmental-degradation\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Yes! The environment is in danger. But, it is actually worse<\/strong> (and, more complicated) than you think<\/strong>.<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Alienation” button_link=”\/alienation\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation.jpg” image_alt=”alienation” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”\/alienation\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Society and individuals are alienated! We are \u201cmarked by a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019<\/strong> that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Francis, 1)<\/em><\/span><\/a> \u00a0The consequences are devastating!<\/p>\n CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Radical Secularism” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n [COMING SOON]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe greatest challenge of our time\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Why?<\/strong> Radical secularism holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. But, \u201cWithout truth, without trust and love for what is true…social action ends up serving private interests and the logic of power.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/em>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Sound familiar?<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”How to Vote” button_link=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-voting\/” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”30px” background_color=”#ffffff” link_option_url=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-voting\/” custom_css_slide_image=”width: 150px !important;||margin: 0 auto !important;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Participation in politics is a Christian obligation: <\/strong>\u201cWe, Christians, cannot \u2018play Pilate\u2019 and wash our hands\u2026We must participate in politics because politics is one of the highest forms of charity\u201d. (Pope Francis)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”50px||50px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_align=”center” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”||10px|” inline_fonts=”Open Sans,Playfair Display” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”||1px|” inline_fonts=”Open Sans,Playfair Display” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Catholic social teaching is built on three foundational principles –\u00a0<\/strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>,\u00a0Solidarity\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Subsidiarity.\u00a0Human Dignity<\/em><\/strong>, embodied in a correct understanding of the human person, is the greatest. The others flow from it. Good governments and good economic systems find ways of fostering the three principles: \u201cThe State must contribute to the achievement of these goals both directly and indirectly. Indirectly and according to the\u00a0principle of subsidiarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by creating favorable conditions for the free exercise of economic activity, which will lead to abundant opportunities for employment and sources of wealth. Directly and according to the\u00a0principle of solidarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by defending the weakest\u201d (Pope St. John Paul II, 15)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Human Dignity” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”||||||||” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/human-dignity” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n This means a correct understanding of the human person and of each person\u2019s unique value. All Catholic social teaching flows from this: the inherent dignity of every person that comes from being made in God\u2019s image. This is \u201cthe basis not only of the unity of the human family but also of our inviolable human dignity<\/strong>\u201d (Pope Benedict XVI) and it is in this beginning that human rights are grounded.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Solidarity” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”||||||||” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/solidarity” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Solidarity<\/strong> is not \u201ca feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others. It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good\u201d (Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/em><\/span>. Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment. \u201cWe cannot believe in God the Father without seeing a brother or sister in every person, and we cannot follow Jesus without giving our lives for those for whom he died on the cross.\u201d (Pope Francis)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Subsidiarity” image=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”off” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”||||||||” background_color=”#ffffff” button_on_hover=”on” link_option_url=”\/subsidiarity” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Subsidiarity<\/strong> identifies how decisions in society need to be taken at the lowest competent level. \u201cIt is a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry. So, too, it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and a disturbance of right order to transfer to the larger and higher collectivity functions which can be performed and provided for by the lesser and subordinate bodies\u201d. (Pope Pius XI, 79)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” admin_label=”Image & Text” module_id=”newsletter” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”#eb7525″ z_index=”950″ display_conditions=”W3siaWQiOiI2MmUwMjk2ZS1lYmY5LTQwYWYtYmM0Mi0zZmEzYzUyNGNlYTEiLCJjb25kaXRpb24iOiJwYWdlIiwiY29uZGl0aW9uU2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiZGlzcGxheVJ1bGUiOiJpc05vdCIsImR5bmFtaWNQb3N0cyI6W3sibGFiZWwiOiJDYXJpdGFzIGluIFZlcml0YXRlIiwidmFsdWUiOiI0NzIxNCJ9XSwicG9zdFR5cGVMYWJlbCI6IlBhZ2VzIiwiYWRtaW5MYWJlbCI6IlBhZ2VzIiwiZW5hYmxlQ29uZGl0aW9uIjoib24ifSwib3BlcmF0b3IiOiJPUiJ9XQ==” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” animation_direction=”left” da_popup_slug=”newsletter” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_module=”45073″ saved_tabs=”all” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Playfair Display||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_font_size=”30px” header_4_font=”Playfair Display|700|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font_size=”32px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.21.0″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]From FCAPP President, Paulo Garonna<\/span><\/h2>\n
\u201c<\/span>There is a growing demand for the Church\u2019s social doctrine, to which we need to respond.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n
The Name \u201cLeo\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n
A New Apostolic Exhoration<\/span><\/h2>\n
Dilexi Te<\/em> \u2014 His First Major Teaching<\/span><\/h2>\n
Dilexi Te<\/em> \u2014 His First Major Teaching<\/span><\/h2>\n
Pope Leo XIV, Social Doctrine, and Social Issues<\/h4>\n
Catholic Social Teaching and Other Issues<\/h4>\n
Why These Issues Matter<\/h4>\n
Catholic social teaching informs our consciences and requires action from us, the lay faithful. \u201cWorking for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.<\/strong>
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