Join our Newsletter Catholic Social Teaching and the Right to Private Property: The Church’s Often Misunderstood Position by CAPP-USA In 1931 Pope Pius XI said the dialogue around the Church’s pronouncements on the right to private property was...
Join our Newsletter The Common Good: a Result – not a “Principle” by CAPP-USA The “common good” is a critical concept and – an aspirational result: “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as...
Join our Newsletter Why is the Principle of Subsidiarity so Important? by CAPP-USA This principle of subsidiarity is crucial to fully understanding Catholic social teaching and, while we may have heard the term “subsidiarity” before, we really...
Join our Newsletter 10 Catholic Social Teaching Questions by CAPP-USA 1. What is Catholic Social Teaching? “Catholic social teaching seeks to apply the essence of Christian moral principles to life in society. It is not an economic or...
Join our Newsletter Why Are There Three Key Principles of Catholic Social Teaching? by CAPP-USA Three Key Principles There are three fundamental principles of Catholic social teaching, the greatest of which the Church insists is the first: A...