Social Encyclical Primer

The encyclical calls on wealthier nations to help poorer ones. It also criticizes ideologies (not specifically naming communism) that promise to ...

Here is a list of all the social encyclicals of the Catholic Church

On May 15, 1891, Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum, deploring the inhumane working conditions of the working class. Quadragesimo Anno. Pius XI, 40 ...

Foundational Documents of Catholic Social Teaching - Santa Fe, NM

Issued for the centenary of Pope Leo XIII's “Rerum Novarum,” it reaffirms the principles of the earlier encyclical. Written in the wake of communism's ...

The story of the first social encyclical - Catholic World Report

In 1832, responding to drastic social, political, and economic changes spreading chaos throughout society, Pope Gregory XVI issued Mirari Vos, “ ...

Social Encyclicals - Holy Spirit Library - PBworks

Social Encyclicals · Populorum Progressio: On the Development of People · Promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1967, this letter supports the plight of those who are ...

Social Encyclicals and Papal Letters Address the Issues of the Day

Social encyclicals are based on truths given to us by reason and a revealed Christian anthropology. The Church does not, however, set out to ...

Social teachings of the papacy - Wikipedia

Social teachings of the papacy encompass papal views described in social encyclicals and other papal communications, beginning with Rerum novarum, ...

Foundational Documents of CST | USCCB

Papal and Vatican Documents Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor)—Pope Leo XIII, 1891 Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years)—Pope Pius XI, 1931 Mater ...

Summaries of 14 Encyclicals of Social the Doctrine of the Catholic ...

These short summaries of the 14 main texts of the social doctrine of the Catholic Church from Rerum Novarum to Laudato will give you easy access to a thought ...

Catholic Social Teaching: Church Documents - Blume Library

Papal Encyclicals · Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) · Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years) - On Reconstruction of the Social Order · Mater et Magistra (On ...

Brief Outlines of the Major Documents of Catholic Social Teaching

compiled by Fr Paul Devitt 1891 - The Condition of Labour (Rerum Novarum) - encyclical, Leo XIII Lays out rights and responsibilities of capital (owners) ...

The Development of Catholic Social Teaching: Papal and Conciliar ...

On May 15, 1891, Pope Leo XIII, who was Bishop of Rome from 1878 to 1903, issued the landmark encyclical Rerum novarum, (The Condition of ...

Catholic Social Teaching Documents - "Catholic Social Thought"

Backstory: Rerum Novarum was the first of the modern wave of social encyclicals. Leo was acutely aware of the poverty of many workers and of the growth in power ...

CST Major Documents | Institute for Social Concerns

In commemorating the 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, this encyclical reaffirms the need for a social order animated by justice. Mater et Magistra ...

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church - The Holy See

Continuing to expound and update the rich patrimony of Catholic social doctrine, Pope John Paul II has for his part published three great Encyclicals — Laborem ...

Six Key Church Documents Addressing Labor

This encyclical letter by Pope Leo XIII is often considered the founding document of modern Catholic social teaching. Alarmed that industrialization and laissez ...

Catholic Social Teaching - Justice and Peace Office

[It was] developed by the teaching of the Popes on the modern “social question,” beginning with the encyclical, Rerum Novarum.” This first great social teaching ...

How to Read an Encyclical (and Why) - Comment Magazine

They are not written, as the circus ringmasters would have you believe, as documents outlining the social policy of the Vatican up for ...

Church Documents - Social Justice Resource Center

This encyclical (papal document) of Leo XIII was issued in 1891 and is considered to be the foundational social justice teaching document of the modern era. It ...

Fratelli Tutti Study Guide - usccb

Use the “Social Encyclical Primer” handout to provide additional background information on social encyclicals, including a list of previous social encyclicals ...