Magisterial Social Teaching
Encyclicals
![Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII kicked off the modern application of magisterial social teaching with his encyclical Rerum Novarum.](http://bunny-wp-pullzone-shrwjal8rd.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1.jpg)
Pope Leo XIII
![Pope Pius XI Pope Pius picked up social magisterial teaching where Pope Leo XIII had left off, 40 years later, with his encyclical Quadragesimo Anno](http://bunny-wp-pullzone-shrwjal8rd.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2.jpg)
Pope Pius XI
![Pope John XXIII Pope St. John XXIII convened the second Vatican Council and furthered Catholic social teaching.](http://bunny-wp-pullzone-shrwjal8rd.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pope_John_XXIII_crop.jpg)
Pope St. John XXIII
![Pope St. Paul VI Pope St. Paul VI guided the Church after the death of John XXIII and wrote two social encyclicals.](http://bunny-wp-pullzone-shrwjal8rd.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pope-paul-vi.jpg)
Pope St. Paul VI
![Pope John Paul II waves to well-wishers in St. Peter's Square in 1978 Pope St. John Paul II was prolific in his social commentary and magisterial teaching, penning four major social encyclicals.](http://bunny-wp-pullzone-shrwjal8rd.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/st.-john-paul-II-grid-cropped.jpg)
![Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI deepened Catholic social teaching with profound insights.](http://bunny-wp-pullzone-shrwjal8rd.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/popebenedict_resized.jpg)
Pope Benedict XVI
Apostolic Exhortations
![Pope John Paul II waves to well-wishers in St. Peter's Square in 1978 CAPP was founded by Pope St. John Paul II in 1993 to promote the knowledge and practice of Catholic social teaching.](http://bunny-wp-pullzone-shrwjal8rd.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/st.-john-paul-II-grid-cropped.jpg)
Pope St. John Paul II
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Pope Francis
Papal Addresses
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Purpose
Pope St. John Paul II established CAPP —
“to promote and defend the knowledge and the practice of the Church’s social doctrine.”
Message to the Members of the “Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice” Foundation