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Welcome! This site offers infomation and resources about the Church's teaching on social, political and economic issues.
“The theological dimension is needed both for interpreting and for solving present day problems in human society”
Saint John Paul II
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‘Catholic social teaching believes that human beings, created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27), have by their very existence an inherent value, worth, and distinction.
Daniel Groody “Globalization, Spirituality and Justice”
We are not created by God to live alone. Living in community is an essential expression of who we are. But Community does not just happen – it is something that men and women must work together to develop.
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"Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few: Creation is a gift, it is a wonderful gift that God has given us, so that we care for it and we use it for the benefit of all, always with great respect and gratitude."
Pope Francis
Jesus became “like us in all things, devoted most of the years of his life on earth to manual work at the carpenters bench”
Saint John Paul II - Laborem Exercens, On Human Work
"In Biblical revelation, peace is much more than the simple absence of war, it represents the fullness of life"
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
"The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the people of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ. Indeed, nothing genuinely human fails to raise an echo in their hearts"
Gaudium et Spes - Vatican II
Watch Cardinal Vincent Nichols’ introduction to Catholic Social Teaching.
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