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Social
Justice Quotes
2005
Prepared weekly by the
Education Committee
for the Catholic News
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June 26, 2005
“Peace
is
the
fruit
of
the
right
ordering
of
things
with
which
the
divine
founder
has
invested
human
society
and
which
must
be
brought
about
by
humanity
in
its
thirst
for
an
ever
more
perfect
reign
of
justice.” (78)
Gaudium
et Spes: The Church in the Modern
World :
Vatican Council II |
for
June 19, 2005
“All
human
beings
ought
to
have
ready
access
to
all
that
is
necessary
for
living
a
genuinely
human
life:
for
example,
food,
clothing,
housing,
the
right
freely
to
choose
their
state
of
life
and
set
up
a
family,
the
right
to
education,
work,
to
their
good
name,
to
respect,
to
proper
knowledge,
the
right
to
act
according
to
the
dictates
of
conscience
and
to
safeguard
their
privacy,
and
rightful
freedom,
including
freedom
of
religion.” (26)
Gaudium
et Spes – The
Church in the Modern World :
Vatican Council II |
for June 12, 2005
“The equal application of the law, community policing, rehabilitation programmes in prisons, the abolition of the death penalty, police reform, the decommissioning of the military are all proposals designed to reduce state violence as a contributing factor to a generalised culture of violence.'”(32)
Pastoral Letter on Crime and Violence: Antilles Episcopal Conference |
for
June 5, 2005
“A
theory
that
makes
profit
the
exclusive
norm
and
ultimate
end
of
economic
activity
is
morally
unacceptable.
The
disordered
desire
for
money
cannot
but
produce
perverse
effects.
It
is
one
of
the
causes
of
the
many
conflicts
which
disturb
the
social
order.”
(2424) Catechism
of the Catholic Church |
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for
May 29, 2005
“I
will
not
tire
of
declaring
that
if
we
really
want
an
effective
end
to
the
violence;
we
must
remove
the
violence
that
lies
at
the
root
of
all
violence:
structural
violence,
social
injustice,
the
exclusion
of
citizens
from
the
management
of
the
country,
representation.”
Archbishop
Oscar Romero of El Salvador . |
for May 22, 2005
“…any kind of social or cultural discrimination in basic personal rights on the grounds of sex, race, colour, social conditions, language or religion, must be curbed and eradicated as incompatible with God's design.” (29)
Gaudium et Spes: The Church in the Modern World : Vatican Council II |
for May 15, 2005
“But any kind of social or cultural discrimination in basic personal rights on the grounds of sex, race, colour, social conditions, language or religion, must be curbed and eradicated as incompatible with God's design.” (29)
Gaudium et Spes : The Church in the Modern World: Vatican Council II |
for May 8, 2005
“ Charity will never be true charity unless it takes justice into account…. Let no one attempt with small gifts of charity to exempt themselves from the great duties imposed by justice.” (49)
Pope Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris |
for
May 1, 2005
“It
is
up
to
the
Christian
communities
to
analyse
with
objectivity
the
situation
which
is
proper
to
their
own
country,
to
shed
on
it
the
light
of
the
Gospel's
unalterable
words
and
to
draw
principles
of
reflection,
norms
of
judgement
and
directives
for
action
from
the
social
teaching
of
the
Church.”
(4) – Pope
Paul V1, A
Call to Action ,
1971 |
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for
April 24, 2005
“The
Church
has
the
right,
indeed
the
duty,
to
proclaim
justice
on
the
social,
national
and
international
level,
and
to
denounce
instances
of
injustice,
when
the
fundamental
rights
of
men
and
women
and
their
very
salvation
demand
it.” (8)
Justice
and
Peace
in
a New Caribbean : The
Roman
Catholic
Bishops
of
the Antilles |
for
April 17, 2005
“Social
justice
cannot
be
attained
by
violence.
Violence
kills
what
it
intends
to
create.”
Pope
John
Paul
II |
for April 10, 2005
“Every perspective on economic life that is human, moral, and Christian must be shaped by three questions:
What does the economy do for people?
What does it do to people?
And how do people participate in it?”
Economic Justice for All (1) Pope John Paul II |
for April 3, 2005
“ The Church invites all Christians to take up a double task of inspiring and of innovating, in order to make structures evolve, so as to adapt them to the real needs of today.” (50)
World Synod of Catholic Bishops, 1971 |
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