CatholicSocialTeaching&KeyPrinciples

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SANDIE CORNISH

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Catholic Social Teaching

& Its Key Principles


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Outline

What is Catholic SocialTeaching?

How does it help us topromote justice?

Sources Scripture

!eason Tradition "#perience

$ "lements Principles %or !e%lection Criteria %or udgment

'uidelines %or (ction

Key Principles Human )ignity The Common 'ood Su*sidiarity Solidarity

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QUICK SHOW OF HANDS:

1.HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT?

2.DO YOU THINK YOU COULD EXPLAIN IT TO A FRIEND?

3.HAVE YOU READ ANY SOCIAL ENCYCLICALS? HOWABOUT SUMMARIES?

What is Catholic Social

Teaching?


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What is Catholic Social Teaching?

Catholic Social Teaching+ Sums up the teaching o% the Church on social

justice issues,

It is a*out relationships *etween groups in society,

Shines the light o% 'ospel on li%e in society,

Is part o% Catholic moral theology,

It includes the teachings o% Popes- local .ishopsand .ishops Con%erences,



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What is Catholic Social Teaching?

It is a *ody o%teachings thatde/elops through

time- not just a serieso% teachingdocuments,

The teachings %romthe 01thcenturyonward are the mostrele/ant %or us today,



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CST Helps us *y (ddressing 2uestions



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SCRIPTURE

REASONTRADITION

EXPERIENCE

Sources o% CST



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Scripture

The roots o% Catholic SocialTeaching3s /ision o% a just society

can *e %ound in the .i*le,

We don3t read the Scripturesliterally- loo4ing %or detailed- *ut

in a more literary way,What passages o% Scripture spea4

to you a*out social justice?



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!eason

'od ga/e human *eingsintelligence and reason and we useit to wor4 out what is right or

wrong,

.ecause we ha/e intelligence and%ree will we are also responsi*le %orour choices and actions,

Can you thin4 o% a time when youused reason to wor4 out what wasthe right thing to do a*out a social

justice issue?



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Tradition

We draw on the Church3s pre/ious re%lection &teaching on social issues- *ut tradition is not

just doing what was done in the past without5uestion,

Our tradition is passed on in teachingdocuments*y Popes and .ishops- the li/es and

writings o% the saints- andwisdom %rom thee#perience o% ordinary Christian communitiesand their e%%ort to li/e the 'ospel in their own

times and places,

Can you gi/e an e#ample o% howtradition has helped you to wor4 %orsocial justice?



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"#perience

We draw on e#perience *ecause we*elie/e that 'od continues tocommunicate with us through thepeople- places and e/ents o% history,

We e#amine social issues *y collectingin%ormation using the social sciencesand any other rele/ant sources o%

human wisdom,

How do you draw on e#perience inyour social justice action?



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PRINCIPLES FOR REFLECTION

CRITERIA FOR UD!MENT!UIDELINES FOR ACTION

$ "lements o% CST



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Principles %or !e%lection

Principles point toimportant /alues that we useto re%lect on justice in

society,The %our 4ey principles o%

CST don3t change dependingon the time or place 6 theyapply always and

e/erywhere,Other principles and criteria

%low %rom these 4eyprinciples,



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Criteria %or udgment

The criteria %or judgment aremore speci%ic and concrete thanthe principles,

They help us to judge whether theprinciples are *eing respected ornot- and what respect %or theprinciples might loo4 li4e inparticular situations,

The criteria de/elop through time*ecause they connect theprinciples with changing times-places and issues,



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'uidelines %or (ction

These /ary %or di%%erent timesand places,

They depend on what we 4now

a*out social- economic andpolitical matters, (s we learnmore- they may change,

7ocal teachings may gi/e morespeci%ic guidelines %or actionwhile the internationalteachings tend to *e moregeneral,



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HUMAN DI!NITY

THE COMMON !OODSUBSIDIARITY

SOLIDARITY

Key Principles o% CST



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Human )ignity 6 "/eryone is Important

"ach person is made in the image andli4eness o% 'od, This is the source o% ourhuman dignity 6 we can3t gi/e it away and

it can3t *e ta4en %rom us, "/eryonee/erywhere has human rights *ecause o%our 'od8gi/en dignity,

People are always more important than

things, People are ne/er a means or aninstrument to *e used %or the *ene%it o%another,



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We are all e5ualin dignity andrights and so aredi%%erentcommunities-

e/ery race andculture, We areone human%amily *ecause

we are allchildren o% theone 'od


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Human )ignity

Key Question:What is happening topeople?


People are less important

than the things that give

profit to those who have

political, social, economic

power? What point have we

come to? To the point that

we are not aware of this

ignity of the person !"

Pope Francis, Homily 1 May 2013,Feast of Joseph the Worker


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R"#$%"& T'"(") Q*+%"

9nity o% the human %amily

)e%ense o% li%eHuman rights

:on discrimination

Priority o% la*our o/er

capitalIntegral human

de/elopment

Human )ignity

;!espect %or the humanperson entails respect %orthe rights that %low %rom hised *y it, They arethe *asis o% the morallegitimacy o% e/ery

authority *y %louting them-or re%using to recogni>ethem in its positi/elegislation- a societyundermines its own morallegitimacy ,,,@

Catechism of the Catholic Church- n 01$A



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BO! !"B7"CTIO: Can you thin4 o% an e#amplewhere+

# The principle o% humandignity was respected orput into action?

# The principle o% humandignity was notrespected or put intoaction?

In each case- how did you %eel?What did you do?



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The Common 'ood 6 "/eryone is Included

We are responsi*le %or each other,

We ha/e to ta4e care o% one another *y wor4ing%or social conditions in which e/ery person ande/ery group can meet their needs and reali>etheir %ull potential,

"/ery group in society must thin4 also o% othergroups- and o% the well *eing o% the whole human%amily,



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'od3s gi%t o%creation is %ore/ery*ody soe/eryone has

a right toma4e use o% it%or theirneeds and a

duty to care%or it,


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The Common 'ood

Key Questions:

Is every group able toshare in the beneftso lie in society?Are some groupsexcluded?


! the $hurch always works

for the integral evelopment of

every person ... the common

goo shoul not be simply an

e%tra ! tacke onto political

programs. The $hurchencourages those in power to

be truly at the service of the

common goo of their

peoples ... to take account of

ethics an soliarity."Pope Francis, address for the New

Non!esident "m#assadors to the Holy

$ee,1% May 2013&


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Q*+%"

The Common 'ood

R"#$%"& T'"(")

;The dignity o% the human

person re5uires thepursuit o% the commongood, "/eryone should *econcerned to create and

support institutions thatimpro/e the conditions o%human li%e,@Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 1926

# The uni/ersaldestination o% goods

# Option %or the poor# Integrity o% creation#

!ole o% the state# Promotion o% peace



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# The principle o% thecommon good wasrespected or put intoaction?

# The principle o% thecommon good was notrespected or put intoaction?




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Su*sidiarity 6 "/eryone Ta4es Part

"/ery person and e/ery group has somethingto contri*ute, They should all ha/e a chance toparticipate,

The people or groups who are most a%%ected *ya decision or policy should ha/e a 4ey role inma4ing decisions a*out it,

!esponsi*ility should *e 4ept as close aspossi*le to the grassroots,



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.igger groups

should supportsmaller- morelocal groups whenthey need it sothat e/eryone3sacti/ities can *ecoordinated withothers %or thecommon good 6

*ut they shouldn3tta4e o/er the roleo% smaller- morelocal groups,


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Su*sidiarity

Key Questions:

Who is making thedecisions?an everyoneparticipate?


"rch#ishop "n'elo (ecci), $)#stit)te of

the $ecretariat of $tate, 1 May 2013&

We are speaking about a group

of consultants ! a gesture of

great relevance that means to

signal the moality in which the

&oly 'ather intens to carry out

his ministry. We must not forget

that the first task assigne to the

group of eight carinals is to

assist the Pontiff in the

governance of the (niversal

$hurch."


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Q*+%"

Participation

The role o% the StateInternational community

Su*sidiarity

R"#$%"& T'"(")

... the principle of subsidiaritymust be respected: a

community of a higher ordershould not interfere in theinternal life of a communityof a lower order, deprivingthe later of its functions, butrather should support it incase of need and help tocoordinate its activity withthe activities of the rest ofsociety, always with a viewto the common good.

!ohn "aul ##, Centesimus Annus, n $%www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality


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# The principle o%su*sidiarity wasrespected or put intoaction?

# The principle o%su*sidiarity was notrespected or put intoaction?




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Solidarity 6 we are in it together

We are social *eings 6 we are made %orrelationships,

We cannot sur/i/e without others and can onlygrow and achie/e our potential in relationshipwith others,

Our sal/ation is *ound up with that o% each other,



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Solidarity isa*outcommittingoursel/es to

the commongood 6 to thegood o% all o%us,


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Solidarity

Key Questions:Who do !e really careabout?Would !e like this tohappen to us?


The Pope loves everyone,rich an poor alike, but the

Pope has the uty, in $hrist)s

name, to remin the rich to

help the poor, to respect

them, to promote them. ThePope appeals for

isintereste soliarity an for

a return to person-centre

ethics in the worl of finance

an economics."Pope Francis, address for the NewNon!esident "m#assadors to the

Holy $ee,1% May 2013&


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R"#$%"& T'"(") Q*+%"

!ole o% the economy

Integral humande/elopment

Option %or the poor

Solidarity

;Today we can say that economicli%e must *e understood as a

multi8layered phenomenon+ ine/ery one o% these layers- to/arying degrees and in waysspeci%ically suited to each- theaspect o% %raternal reciprocitymust *e presentD

Solidarity is %irst and %oremost asense o% responsi*ility on thepart o% e/eryone with regard toe/eryone and it cannot there%ore

*e merely delegated to the State,@

Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, n 38



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# The principle o%solidarity was respectedor put into action?

# The principle o%solidarity was notrespected or put intoaction?


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