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for August 30, 2009
The Church’s social doctrine is an integral part of her evangelising ministry. Nothing that concerns the community of men and women – situations and problems regarding justice, freedom, development, relations between peoples, peace – is foreign to evangelization.
No. 66 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching |
for August 23, 2009
With her social doctrine not only is the Church not straying from her mission but she is rigorously faithful to it.
No. 64 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching |
for August 16, 2009
With her social teaching the Church seeks to proclaim the Gospel and to make it present in the complex network of social relations. It is not simply a matter of reaching out to men and women in society.…but of enriching and permeating society itself with the Gospel..
No. 62 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching |
for August 9, 2009
The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church is presented as an instrument for the moral and pastoral discernment of the complex events that mark our time; as a guide to inspire, at the individual and collective levels, attitudes and choices that will permit all people to look to the future with greater trust and hope.
No. 10 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching |
for August 2, 2009
The Christian knows that in the social doctrine of the Church can be found the principles for reflection, the criteria for judgment and the directives for action, which are the starting point for the promotion of an integral and solidary humanism. Making this doctrine known constitutes, therefore, a genuine pastoral priority.
No. 7 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching |
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for July 26, 2009
Christian love leads to denunciation, proposals and commitment to cultural and social projects; it prompts positive activity that inspires all who sincerely have the good of humanity at heart to make their contribution.”
No. 6 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching |
for July 19, 2009
Men and women who are made “new” by the love of God are able to change the rules and the quality of relationships, transforming even social structures. They are people capable of bringing peace where there is conflict… of seeking justice where there prevails the exploitation of person by person. ”
No. 4 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching |
for July 12, 2009
How can we remain indifferent to the prospect of an ecological crisis which is making vast areas of our planet uninhabitable and hostile to humanity? ”
No. 5 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching |
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for Jun 28, 2009
If the question be asked: How ought man to use his possessions? the Church replies without hesitation: "As to this point, man ought not regard external goods as his own, but as common so that, in fact, a person should readily share them when he sees others in need. ”
Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Workers) Pope Leo XIII, 1891 |
for Jun 21, 2009
"No sincere Christian can refuse concern for or involvement in the struggle for justice and dignity.”
Archbishop Samuel Carter, S.J. Kingston, Jamaica |
for Jun 14, 2009
"The struggle for justice, to which we are called, is not something that is peripheral to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but an indispensable part….of the preaching of the Gospel.”
Archbishop Samuel Carter, S.J. Kingston, Jamaica |
for Jun 7, 2009
"We know that every effort to better society, especially where injustice and sin are so ingrained, is an effort that God blesses, that God wants, that God demands of us.”
Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador |
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for May 31, 2009
"The Church would betray its own love for God and its fidelity to the gospel if it stopped being…..a defender of the rights of the poor…a humaniser of every legitimate struggle to achieve a more just society...that prepares the way for the true reign of God in history.”
Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador |
for May 17, 2009
"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 10, 2009
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
Martin Luther King Jr. |
for May 3, 2009
"The right to be treated responsibly carries with it the duty to behave responsibly . . .The Christian has a clear duty to set an example of what hard, honest work should be.”
(42) Justice and Peace in a new Caribbean: The Roman Catholic Bishops of the Antilles |
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