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made in
the
image &
likeness
of God
human
dignity
worth
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Human rights &
duties
freedom &
responsibility
Catholic Social Teaching
Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labour), Pope Leo XIII, 1891
Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years), Pope Pius XI, 1931
Mater et Magistra (Mother and Teacher), Pope John XXIII, 1961
Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), Pope John XXIII, 1963
Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World),
Vatican Council II, 1965
Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples), Pope Paul VI, 1967
Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action), Pope Paul VI, 1971
Justicia in Mundo (Justice in the World), Synod of Bishops, 1971
Laborem Exercens (On Human Work), Pope John Paul II, 1981
Solicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern), Pope John Paul II, 1987
Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year), Pope John Paul II, 1991
Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love), Pope Benedict XVI, 2005
Caritas in Veritate (Love in Truth), Pope Benedict XVI, 2009
Catholic Social Teaching:
Major themes
Three major themes run through Scripture and Catholic
social teaching.
A core theme is that each human person is made in the
image and likeness of God and thus has an inalienable
human dignity and worth. Derived from this core theme
are two further themes. These are the rights and duties
that are proper to human persons and the freedom and
responsibility that underpin these rights and duties. In
more recent times there is growing awareness of the
application of these three themes to both human persons
and the whole of God’s creation.”
(Guidelines for the religious life of the school, 2008, p.38)
Catholic Social Teaching
• a collection of teachings on key themes that has evolved in
response to the challenges of the day
• grounded in the values and principles of Judeo-Christian
religious experience, which are reflected in the Christian
scriptures and the Church's lived tradition
• evolved as each generation has attempted to live in society
with reflective fidelity to those values and that religious vision;
a living tradition of thought and action
• calls all members of the Church to work to eliminate the
occurrence and effect of poverty, to speak out against injustice
and to shape a more just society and more sustainable and
peaceful world
“Challenged by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Catholic school
seeks to be faithful to a biblical understanding of justice and the
rich tradition of Church social teaching.”
(Justice Education Policy, Archdiocese of Brisbane, Catholic Education Council, July 2012)
Catholic Social Teaching:
The Principles
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Catholic Social Teaching:
Major themes
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Catholic social teaching