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Church Documents on Social Justice
Modern Catholic social teaching
is the body of social principles and moral teaching that is articulated in the
papal, conciliar, and other official documents issued since the late nineteenth
century and dealing with the economic, political, and social order. This
teaching is rooted in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures as well as in
traditional philosophical and theological teachings of the Church.
The following list includes not only the encyclical and conciliar documents that
are typically considered to be the core texts, but also some key teaching
documents issued by national bishops conferences and Vatican congregations,
documents which contribute to the ongoing development of Catholic social
teaching.
Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor) -- Pope Leo XIII, 1891
Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years) -- Pope Pius XI, 1931
Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress) -- Pope John XXIII, 1961
Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) -- Pope John XXIII, 1963
Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World)
Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) -- Pope Paul VI, 1967
Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action) -- Pope Paul VI, 1971
Justicia in Mundo (Justice in the World) -- Synod of Bishops, 1971
Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) -- Pope John Paul II, 1981
Solicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern) -- Pope John Paul II, 1987
Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year) -- Pope John Paul II, 1991
Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) -- Pope John Paul II, 1995
Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) -- Pope John Paul II, 1998
Other Papal and Vatican Statements of Note
Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1986
U. S. Bishops' Statements
Program of Social Reconstruction, 1919
Brothers and Sisters to Us, 1979
The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace, 1993
Communities of Salt and Light, 1993
A Decade after Economic Justice for All, 1996
Called to Global Solidarity, 1997
Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions, 1998
Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics, 1998
Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice, 2001
Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice, 2001
Cristianos de cada día: tienen hambre y sed de justicia, 2001
Online Documents at US Catholic Conference of Bishops
Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility, 2003
Other Statements of Note
The Common Good and the Catholic Church's
Social Teaching
Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and
Wales, 1996
This Land is Home to Me, Appalachian Catholic Bishops, 1975