Catholic Social Teaching

Benedict XVI - To the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, men and women religious, and all the lay faithful On Christian Love

Apostolic Exhortation of the Holy Father Francis to the Bishops, Clergy, Consecrated Persons and the Lay Faithful on the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today's World

Pope John Paul II - To the Bishops Priests and Deacons, Men and Women religious, lay Faithful and all People of Good Will on the Value and Inviolability of Human Life

PASTORAL CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD GAUDIUM ET SPES PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS, POPE PAUL VI

Official website of the Vatican. News, homilies, apostolic letters, and much, much more.

St. John Paul II - To His Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate to the Priests to the Religious Families to the sons and daughters of the Church and to all Men and Women of good will on Human Work on the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum

Encyclical of Pope Francis On Care for Our Common Home

Encyclical of Pope John XXIII on Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty

Encyclical of Pope Paul VI, On the Development of Peoples

Encyclical of Pope Pius XI On Reconstruction of the Social Order

Leo XIII - Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor

Pope John Paul II - On Social Concern -To the Bishops, PriestsReligious Families, sons and daughters of the Churchand all people of good willfor the twentieth anniversary ofPopulorum Progressio

Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy (1986)

A Pastoral Letter Against Racism

A Catholic Recommitment to Overcome Poverty and to Respect the Dignity of All God's Children

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Working to Reduce Poverty in America

Giving hope to a world of need

Vatican foundation established in 1993 to make Catholic Social Teaching more widely known and better understood.

A Pastoral Letter on Racism by Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.. Archbishop of Chicago

The primary objectives of the JFI campaign are:
To educate the public, especially the Catholic community, including Catholic public officials, about Church teaching on migration and immigrants;
To create political will for positive immigration reform;
To enact legislative and administrative reforms based on the principles articulated by the bishops; and
To organize Catholic networks to assist qualified immigrants obtain the benefits of the reforms.

Social Justice Page

The public affairs arm of Pennsylvania’s Catholic bishops and the Catholic dioceses of Pennsylvania.

The Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill is an international, apostolic community of women religious whose work is rooted in faith, animated by prayer, supported by the common life, and performed in simplicity and charity. Programs supported by the sisters are respectful of human dignity, protective of human rights, and devoted especially to the poor and oppressed.