Catholic Social Teaching



Official Documents of Catholic Social Teaching

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church Issued by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Critical Comments on Catholic Social Teaching Selected by Theology Library webmaster Gerald Darring

Bibliography of Catholic Social Teaching By Theology Library webmaster Gerald Darring

Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions 1998 Reflections of the U.S. Catholic Bishops

The busy Christian's guide to Catholic social teaching Takes the reader through each of the major documents

The Social Agenda A Collection of Magisterial Texts, published by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Papal and Episcopal Documents relating to Catholic Social Justice Teaching Links to dozens of documents by popes, the Curia, and bishops

Key Principles of Catholic Social Teaching Two-page summary

The Danish Cartoons Reconsidered: Catholic Social Teaching and the Contemporary Challenge of Free Speech By David E. DeCosse in Theological Studies, March 2010

Liberal Democrats and the Common Good By Brent Central candidate Sarah Teather in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, May 2010

Conservatives and the Common Good By President of Hornsey and Wood Green Conservatives, David Grant in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, May 2010

Labour and the Common Good By former Labour MP John Battle in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, May 2010

A Ministry of Welcome By Bishop Pat Lynch in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, January 2010

From Pius XII Through Paul VI By Thomas Storck in The Distributist Review, 2010

A Time to Rebuild on Firmer Foundations By Brian M. McCall in The Distributist Review, July 2010

A Time to Rebuild on Firmer Foundations II By Brian M. McCall in The Distributist Review, July 2010

A Time to Rebuild on Firmer Foundations III By Brian M. McCall in The Distributist Review, July 2010

The National Vice and the Kingship of Christ By Donald P. Goodman III in The Distributist Review, July 2010

Ethical Persuasiveness and Political Ineffectiveness of Catholic Social Teachings By Franz Nuscheler, Professor emeritus of International and Comparative Politics and former director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg-Essen, 2010

The Danish Cartoons Reconsidered: Catholic Social Teaching and the Contemporary Challenge of Free Speech By David E. DeCosse in Theological Studies, March 2010

Catholic Social Teaching in the Classroom Occasional Paper produced by the Office for Mission & Ministry of Villanova University, Fall 2009

Contemporary Management Theories and Catholic Social Teaching: A Review and Analysis By Stephen J. Porth and John McCall, St. Joseph's University, at The Third International Conference on Catholic Social Thought and Management Education, Goa, India, January 2009

Catholic Social Teaching By John Schwenkler in First Principles, 2009

Ireland, Europe and Catholic Social Teaching: Shared Values? By Cathy Molloy, Jesuit Centre for Faith & Justice in Ireland, September 2009

Church, State, and Catholic Ethics: The Kenyan Dilemma By Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator in Theological Studies, March 2009

Communism and Catholic Social Doctrine in the Guatemalan Revolution of 1944 By Robert H. Holden in Journal of Church and State, Summer 2008

Faith-Based Activism in American Cities: The Case of the San Francisco Catholic Action Cadre By William Issel in Journal of Church and State, Summer 2008

What Can Economists Learn from Catholic Social Thought? By Charles Clark, St. John's University, at The Seventh International Conference on Catholic Social Thought and Management Education, University of Notre Dame, June 2008

Catholic Social Thought and Business Resources Includes: Introduction to the Catholic Social Tradition; Catholic Social Principles for Business; Catholic Social Principles for Catholic Business Schools; Carolyn Woo, "Get Real: Making the Mission Statement Operational"; Catholic Business Education Bibliography; Papers from International Conferences on CST and Mgmt Education. Conference at the University of Notre Dame, 2008

Catholic Social Thought and Modern Liberal Democracy By Thomas W. Smith in Logos, Winter 2008

Globalization with a Human Face: Catholic Social Teaching and Globalization By Kenneth R. Himes in Theological Studies, June 2008

Catholic Social Thought and Modern Liberal Democracy By Thomas W. Smith in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Winter 2008

The Concept of "Gift" as Hermeneutical Key to the Dignity of the Human Person By Damian P. Fedoryka in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Winter 2008

Restorative Justice and Catholic Social Thought: Challenges as Opportunities for Society, Church, and Academy By Kurt M. Denk, S.J., Student of Law, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Assoc. Chaplain, San Quentin Prison, Spring Lecture Series, Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought, University of San Francisco, February 2008

Globalization with a Human Face: Catholic Social Teaching and Globalization By Kenneth R. Himes in Theological Studies, June 2008

Subsidiarity and Sphere-Sovereignty: A Match Made in …? By Kent A. Van Til in Theological Studies, September 2008

A Feminist Appraisal of Catholic Social Thought By Kristin Heyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics, Loyola Marymount University, 2007

Catholic Social Thought and the Large Multinational Corporation By Gerald J. Russello, Fellow, Chesterton Institute at Seton Hall University; Adjunct Professor, Cardozo School of Law, 2007

Tort Law, Free Will, and Personal Responsibility By Ronald J. Rychlak in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2007

The Social Theory of Jacques Maritain By D. Q. McLnerny in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2007

The Contribution of Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855) to Catholic Social Thought By Robert Fastiggi in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2007

Charity, Not Justice, as Constitutive of the Church's Mission By Charles M. Murphy in Theological Studies, June 2007

Freedom of the Press and Catholic Social Thought: Reflections on the Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church in the United States By David E. Decosse Theological Studies, December 2007

Oikos and Logos: Chesterton's Vision of Distributism By Richard Gill in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Summer 2007

Can the Doctrine of Subsidiarity Help Courts Interpret the Establishment Clause? By Kyle Duncan in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2007

A Catholic Theory of Corporate Law By John M. Czarnetzky in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2007

A Feminist Appraisal of Catholic Social Thought By Kristin Heyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics, Loyola Marymount University, Fall Lecture Series, Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Catholic Social Thought, November 2007

Migration and Catholic Social Thought: Crossing Borders Between Scholarship and Activism By Lois Ann Lorentzen, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco, in Urbi et Orbi, Fall 2007

Catholicism and Liberalism: Two Ideologies in Confrontation By Bernard Laurent in Theological Studies, December 2007

Freedom of the Press and Catholic Social Thought: Reflections on the Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church in the United States By David E. Decosse in Theological Studies, December 2007

Sixth International Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Management Education. The Good Gompany: Catholic Social Thought and Corporate Social Responsibility in Dialogue. Pontificia Università San Tommaso (Angelicum), Roma, Italia, October 5-7, 2006. Links courtesy of The Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Doing Well by Doing Good: Distinguishing the Right from the Good in Theories of Corporate Social Responsibility By Joseph R. DesJardins, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
  • Questions Organizational Leaders Pose to Theologians Regarding “The Good Company” By Andre L. Delbecq, McCarthy University Professor, Santa Clara University
  • Keeping Good Company: The Leavening Influence of Morally Ordered Lives By Gil Bailie
  • What CST Can Contribute to CSR By Stefano Zamagni, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Catholic Social Teaching and the Role of Business in the Eradication of Poverty By Ben Andradi, Servista, and Peter S Heslam, Cambridge University
  • An Exploration of the Influence of Catholic Values on Management Practices of Heads of SMC's: The Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church Put to the Test within Firms By Jean-Luc Castro
  • Mainstream Theories on Normative Corporate Social Responsibility: Analysis from Catholic Social Thought By Domènec Melé, Professor Chair Economy and Ethics, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain
  • CST, CSR and the Purpose Driven Company By Christine M. Fletcher
  • Catholic Social Teaching and the Construction of “Just” Markets By Nicholas Santos, S.J. and Gene R. Laczniak of Marquette University
  • The Co-operative, Catholic Social Thought and the Good Company: The Importance of Pluralism in the Market By Dr Peter Davis, University of Leicester
  • SSM Health Care: The Integration of Catholic Social Thought Values in a Modern Health Care System By Sister Melanie DiPietro, S.C., Seton Hall University School of Law, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and Professor Alison Sulentic, Duquesne University School of Law
  • Mainstreaming Catholic Social Thought in a Business School: A Case Study By Alonso Quintanilla Pérez-Wicht and Jhony Velásquez Delgado, Universidad Católica San Pablo
  • Brigdging the Gap: Connecting Catholic Social Principles to Practice in Catholic Health Care By William Brinkmann, Ascension Health, T. Dean Maines, SAIP Institute, Michael J. Naughton, John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, J. Michael Stebbins, Gonzaga Institute of Ethics, and Arnold Weimerskirch, University of St. Thomas
  • Catholicism and Confucianism in Dialogue for Corporate Social Responsibility By Thomas Hong-Soon Han, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea
  • The Good Company and Financialisation: Corporate Choices, Institutional Environment and Catholic Social Thought By GianDemetrio Marangoni and Stefano Solari, Department of Economics, University of Padua
  • Transparency in Financial Markets and Institutions: A Catholic Social Thought Perspective By Bridget Lyons and Lucjan T. Orlowski, John F. Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
  • Catholic Relief Services: One Organization's Journey with Catholic Social Thought and Corporate Social Responsibility By Ken Hackett, Dave Piraino and John Rivera of Catholic Relief Services
  • An Aquinas in the Boardroom By Robert Keen, Von Hugel Institute, St Edmund's College, Cambridge
  • Philosophical Underpinnings and Basic concepts for a dialogue between CST and CSR on the “Good Company” By Helen Alford, Barbara Sena, Yuliya Shcherbinina
  • Middle Level Thinking the Importance of Connecting and Mediating Catholic Social Thought, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Business Practice By Dean Maines and Michael Naughton
  • In the Good Company One Works Better: Positive Interactions between CST and CSR By Vincenzo Putrignano, Università degli Studi di Macerata

    Family and Self-Control: Evaluating Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime in the Context of Catholic Social Teaching By Alfred R. D'Anca in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2006

    Neutrality in Liberal Legal Theory and Catholic Social Thought Book by John M. Breen, 2006

    Confusing End and Means: Analysis of Recent Industrial Relations Changes from the Perspective of Catholic Social Teaching By Brian Long in the Australian E-Journal of Theology, February 2006

    Presentations at the conference, "The Call to Justice: The Legacy of Gaudium Et Spes 40 Years Later," Vatican City, March 2005. Links courtesy of The Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Rooting the Catholic Social Thought Perspective in the National Consciousness and in the Development of Social Policy: An Irish Experience By Sean Healy, S.M.A. and Brigid Reynolds, S.M. of the CORI Justice Commission
  • Parenting the Church: Mothers, Fathers, and Roman Catholic Social Thought By Michael J. Schuck, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
  • Catholic Social Teaching is Our Distinctive Feature: A Challenge for Catholic Institutions in the Asian Context By Dr. Stephan Rothlin S.J., Fu Jen University, Taiwan
  • Creating a Just Society in an Economically and Technologically Integrated World: The Role of the Church in Social and Economic Justice in the 21st Century By David B. Lowry and S. Prakash Sethi
  • The Couples for Christ Movement: A Model for Authentic Social Action Grounded Within the Framework of Catholic Social Doctrine By Salvador June P. Lalisan, Ed.D., St. Scholastica's College
  • Rooting the Catholic Social Thought Perspective in the National Consciousness and in the Development of Social Policy: An Irish Experience By Sean Healy, S.M.A. and Brigid Reynolds, S.M., CORI Justice Commission
  • Technology and Catholic Social Thought By Daniel R. Lynch, Dartmouth College
  • God's Justice? Right reason? Justice and rationality in Catholic Social Teaching in the light of Alasdair MacIntrye's conception of traditions of enquiry By Martin McKeever C.Ss.R. Accademia Alfonsiana
  • The Couples for Christ Movement: A Model for Authentic Social Action Grounded Within the Framework of Catholic Social Doctrine By Salvador June P. Lalisan, Ed.D. of St. Scholastica's College
  • Creating a Just Society in an Economically and Technologically Integrated World: The Role of the Church in Social and Economic Justice in the 21st Century By David B. Lowry and S. Prakash Sethi
  • Technology and Catholic Social Thought By Daniel R. Lynch of Dartmouth College
  • God's Justice? Right reason? Justice and rationality in Catholic Social Teaching in the light of Alasdair MacIntrye's conception of traditions of enquiry By Martin McKeever C.Ss.R. of Accademia Alfonsiana
  • Catholic Social Teaching is Our Distinctive Feature: A Challenge for Catholic Institutions in the Asian Context By Dr. Stephan Rothlin S.J. of Fu Jen University, Taiwan
  • Parenting the Church: Mothers, Fathers, and Roman Catholic Social Thought By Michael J. Schuck, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago

    Catholic Social Thought and Racism in Africa By Luke Mbefo, C.S.Sp, 2005

    Integrating the Analysis of Social Problems with a Catholic Understanding of Man and Society By G. Alexander Ross in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2005

    The Devil in the Details: How Specific Should Catholic Social Thought Teaching Be? By Michele R. Pistone, 2005

    U.S. Catholic Social Thought, Gender, and Economic Livelihood By Christine Firer Hinze in Theological Studies, September 2005

    Democracy and Catholic Social Thought Report by Michael Novak, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2005, pp. 58-118

    A Giant Among Catholic Economists By Thomas Storck in New Oxford Review, February 2005

    The Ethics of Trade Policy in Catholic Political Economy By Stephen C. Rowntree in Theological Studies, September 2004

    Catholic Social Teaching: A Primer Occasional Paper produced by the Office for Mission & Ministry of Villanova University, Spring 2004. Articles by Barbara E. Wall, Monika Hellwig, William J. Byron, Thomas W. Smith, and Robert H. DeFina

    Catholic Social Thought: Rights, Natural Law, and Pluralism By David Matzko McCarthy, November 2004

    Morality and Economic Law: Toward a Reconciliation By libertarian Thomas E. Woods, Jr. The Lou Church Memorial Lecture in Religion and Economics, Austrian Scholars Conference, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, March 20, 2004

    The Prudential Application of Catholic Social Teaching By Richard Hinshaw in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2004

    Catholic Social Thought and Business Ethics By Jim Wishloff, Review of Business, Winter 2004

    Catholic Social Thought and the Ethical Formation of Lawyers: A Call for Community By Robert K. Vischer in Journal of Catholic Social Thought, 2004

    Catholic Social Thought and the Amorality of Large Corporations: Time to Abolish Corporate Personhood By William Quigley, Professor of Law, Loyola University, New Orleans, 2004

    Competing Visions of the Corporation in Catholic Social Thought By Mark Sargent, Villanova University School of Law, 2004

    The Integration of Catholic Social Thought into Workplace Law Courses By Sister Melanie DiPietro, S.C. and Alison M. Sulentic, July 2003

    Listening, Leadership, and Livelihood among Grassroots Women: Managers Learning Social Teachings of the Church in a Catholic University By Jeanette V. Loanzon Dr. rer.pol., Member, International Grail, Dean, College of Commerce and Accountancy, University of Santo Tomas,Manila, Philippines, July 2003

    Mondragón: A For-profit Organization that Embodies Catholic Social Thought By David Herrera, July 2003

    Some Thoughts on Integrating Catholic Social Thought into the Law School Curriculum By Mark A. Sargent, Dean and Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law, October 2003

    What is Catholic about Catholic Social Thought?: Human Dignity and Catholic Anthropology By Catherine Jack Deavel, University of St. Thomas, October 2003

    Catholic Social Thought in an Economics Curriculum By Albino Barrera, O.P., St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, Providence College, October 2003

    Catholic Social Thought and Computer Ethics By Robert N. Barger, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Applications Program, University of Notre Dame, October 2003

    Catholic Social Thought and Engineering Education By Daniel R. Lynch, Dartmouth College, October 2003

    Is a Catholic Economics Possible? By Guillermo Montes in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2003

    Catholic Social Teaching: What Do Catholics Know, and What Do They Believe? By D. Paul Sullins in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2003

    Transparency: A Christian Concern: Catholic Social Teaching and the Case for Transparent and Accountable Practices in Extractive Industries A Position Paper of CIDSE, Pax Christi International and Caritas Europa September 2003

    Catholic Social Teaching and Strategies for the Future in the Contemporary Australian Context By Mark Raper SJ at the Annual Conference of Catholic Welfare, Sydney, Australia, August 2002

    Catholic Social Thought, Political Liberalism, and the Idea of Human Rights By Zachary R. Calo, University of Virginia/University of Pennsylvania

    Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Law: An Unresolved Tension By libertarian Thomas E. Woods, Jr., at the 8th Austrian Scholars Conference at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Ala., March 2002

    'Alternative' Traditions in American Catholic Social Thought: The New Deal Critics By Kevin E. Schmiesing, Research Fellow, Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, 2002

    Catholic Social Worker Models for the Future: From Social Worker to Catholic Social Servant? By Timothy Brandyberry in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2002

    Trinitarian Foundations for Subjectivity, Solidarity and Subsidiarity By Mark Lowery in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2002

    Biotechnology and Human Dignity in the Thought of Germain Grisez By Nicholas Lund-Molfese in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2002

    Catholic Critics of the New Deal: 'Alternative' Traditions in Catholic Social Thought By Kevin Schmiesing in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2002

    Investing for Life: A Theological Response By Anthony Kelly in Theology@McAuley, 2002

    Migration and the Social Doctrine of the Church By Rev. Fr. Michael A. Blume, S.V.D., Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, in People on the Move, December 2002

    Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Arts Education By David W. Haddorff, Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, St. John's University, 2001

    Catholic Social Thought and Business Education By Charles M. A. Clark, Professor of Economics, Senior Fellow, Vincentian Center for Church and Society, St. John's University, 2001

    The Value of Work: A Catholic Critique of the U.S. Constitutional Norm By George E. Garvey, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, September 2001

    Movement of the Spirit: Catholic Social Teaching in the International Workplace By Ken Hackett, Dave Piraino, and Tiziana Dearing OF Catholic Relief Services, September 2001

    From Charity to Justice: The Emergence of a Catholic Social Gospel By Jay P. Dolan, Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, September 2001

    Catholic Social Teaching and Poverty Eradication: Key Concepts and Issues By Peter Henriot, S.J., Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, Zambia. Paper delivered at a conference in Uganda during the final months of 2001

    Agriculture and Catholic Social Teaching: Elements of an Agricultural Ethic By Dr. Bernard Evans in Catholic Rural Life Magazine, 2001

    An Ethical Evaluation of Poland's Transition to Capitalism and the Roman Catholic Church's Response By Gerald J. Beyer, 2001

    The Catholic "Consistent Life Ethic" and Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment and Welfare Reform By Paul Perl in Sociology of Religion, 2001

    Contemporary management theories and Catholic Social Teaching: Similarities and Differences By Stephen J. Porth & John McCall. Review of Business, Fall 2001

    Privacy and Technology: Insights from Catholic Social Teaching By Eileen P. Kelly in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2001

    Human Development and Morality from the Catholic Perspective By Gerald E. DeMauro in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2001

    Catholic Social Thought on Citizenship: no Place for Exclusion By Ernst M.H. Hirsch Ballin and Richard A.J. Steenvoorde

    Fourth International Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Management Education. "Rethinking Wealth Creation and Distribution in the Jubilee: A Double Challenge for Catholic Social Thought and Management Education." Puebla, Mexico, July 2000. Links courtesy of The Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Wealth and the Common Good: Perspectives from Economic Theory and Catholic Social Thought By Charles M. A. Clark
  • Wealth Creation within the Catholic Social Tradition By Robert G Kennedy
  • Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation: An Omission in the Social Teaching of the Church? By Domènec Melé
  • Concepts of Wealth in Economic Theory and Catholic Social Thought By Charles M. A. Clark, Senior Fellow Vincentian Center for Church and Society and Professor of Economics Department of Economics Peter J. Tobin School of Business St. John's University, June 2000
  • A Wealth of Information: Catholic Social Thought and the Ethics of the Dissemination of Health Information By Brian M. Kane
  • Catholic Social Thought and the Changing Pattern of Wealth Ownership in the United States By James A. Buss, G. Paul Peterson, SJ
  • Reconceiving the Business Enterprise: Organization for Internal Equity and Social Mission from the Standpoint of Catholic Social Teaching By Donna Adler
  • A Knowledge Based Economy: The Response of the Catholic Social Tradition By Marilina Colella

    Teaching Catholic Social Justice Principles A brief paper by Gerald Darring

    The Intellectual Origins of Modern Catholic Social Teaching on Economics: An Extension of a Theme of Jesus Huerta de Soto By William R. Luckey, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Political Science and Economics, Christendom College, at the Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn University, March 2000

    Distributivism and Catholic Social Teaching By John C. Médaille in The New Oxford Review, 2000

    The Social Thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar By Stratford Caldecott in the Catholic Social Science Review, 2000

    The Influence of Catholic Social Teaching On the International Labour Organization By Gil McLean, October 2000

    The Influence of Catholic Social Teaching On the International Labour Organization By Gil McLean

    Catholic Social Teaching on the Economics of Immigration By Andrew M. Yuengert, Associate Professor of Economics, Pepperdine University, in Journal of Markets and Morality, Spring 2000

    Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching From the Social Action Office of the Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, Queensland, Australia

    Social Catholicism Engages the American State: The Contribution of Archbishop Edward J. Hanna By Richard Gribble in Journal of Church and State, Autumn 2000

    Globalization in the Social Teaching of the Church By Diarmuid Martin in the Proceedings of the Workshop on the Social Dimansions of Globalization, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, February 2000, pp. 82- 93

    Notes on the Development of Catholic Social Teaching By William Ryan SJ, October 2000

    Catholic Social Teaching on the Economics of Immigration By Andrew M. Yuengert, Associate Professor of Economics, Pepperdine University, in Journal of Markets & Morality, Spring 2000

    Sacrament and Solidarity: Catholic Social Thought and Health Care Policy Reform By Clarke E. Cochran in Journal of Church and State, Summer 1999

    Business Ethics and Catholic Identity: The Nike Contract with St. John's By John R.Wilcox in Catholic Practice, January 1999

    Catholic Social Thought and the Economic Problem By Charles M. A. Clark for Catholic Social Thought in the Academy: Engaging the Disciplines, John F. Henning Institute 3rd Annual Conference on Catholic Social Thought, St. Mary's College of California, March 1999

    Design of a Cellular Manufacturing System: A Critique Based on Catholic Social Thought By Helen M. J. Alford, PhD, Cambridge University, January 1999

    Contemporary Management Theories and Catholic Social Teaching A Review and Analysis Stephen J. Porth John McCall St. Joseph's University Philadelphia, January 1999

    Catholic Social Teaching and the "Right to Organize" By Marilynn P. Fleckenstein, Ph.D. Niagara University, January 1999

    Orthodoxy and Social Change By Avery Dulles, S.J.in the Catholic Social Science Review, 1999

    Catholic Social Teaching and Workplace Transformation: Foundations and Applications By William J. Toth in the Catholic Social Science Review, 1999

    Neither Statism Nor Individualism By Thomas Storck in New Oxford Review, June 1999

    Charity and Justice Within the Gospel and the Church's Social Teaching By Most Rev. Howard J. Hubbard. The Chair of Social Justice address at the Founder's Convocation at St. John's University on January 29, 1998

    Economic Theology, Catholic Social THought and the Existence of Economic Human Rights By Charles M. A. Clark, 1998

    Episcopal Conferences Worldwide on Catholic Social Teaching By Terence McGoldrick in Theological Studies, March 1998

    Ten Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching By Father William J. Byron in America, 1998

    Catholic Social Teaching and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights By Ted Keating, SM, Director for Justice and Peace, Catholic Conference of Major Superiors of Men's Institutes, in Catholic Peace Voice, Spring/Summer 1998

    Crucified Between Two Thieves: Catholic Social Teaching vs. Right and Left By Anthony Basile Ph.D in Culture Wars, January 1998

    Subsidiarity: An Organizational Principle for Civil Society Chapter 4 of Human Rights, Solidarity and Subsidiarity: Essays toward a Social Ontology by Carlos Eduardo Maldonado, 1998

    Catholic Social Teaching and the Welfare of Workers Dr. David I. Gregory, Professor of Law St. John's University, 1998

    Charity and Justice within the Gospel and the Church's Social Teaching By Most Rev. Howard J. Hubbard, Bishop of Albany, N.Y., 1998

    Economic Theology, Catholic Social Thought and the Existence of Economic Human Rights By Dr. Charles M.A. Clark, Professor of Economics St. John's University, 1998

    Democracy in the Teaching of the Popes By Michel Schooyans in the Proceedings of the Workshop on Democracy, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 1998, pp. 11- 40

    The Judeo-Christian Foundation of Human Dignity, Personal Liberty, and the Concept of the Person By Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute, in Journal of Markets & Morality, October 1998

    Second International Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Management Education, Antwerp, Belgium, July 1997. Links courtesy of The Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • The Catholic Social Tradition and the Purpose of the Corporate Enterprise By Jean-Yves Calvez
  • The Contractual Theory of the Firm as a Normative Business Ethic and its Relationship to Roman Catholic Social Teaching on Economic Life By John R. Boatright and Michael J. Schuck
  • The Universities of Christian Inspiration and the Catholic Social Thought Confronting the New Millennium By Xabier Gorostiaga, SJ, President of the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), Nicaragua
  • A Social Property Ethics for the Corporation In Light of Catholic Social Thought By Ernest S. Pierucci, Michael J. Naughton, Charles A. Clark
  • Individual and Corporate Responsibilities in the Social Teaching of the Church By Domènec Melé and Juan Fontrodona
  • Catholic Social Thought and Economic Theory By Charles M. A. Clark
  • Theoretical Foundations of Interactive Leadership in Catholic Social Teachings By Mary Elsbernd, OSF
  • Christian Social Teaching in Management Education: Whose Responsibility? By Catherine McNamee, CSJ
  • From Industrial Revolution to Electronic Revolution: The Postmodern Challenge to Catholic Social Thought in the Catholic University By Joe Holland

    The Core-Contingent Work Force: Some Further Considerations of Corporate Employment Practices in the Light of the Social Encyclicals By Philip T. Crotty y in the Catholic Social Science Review, 1997

    Social and Public Policy Implications of Corporate Downsizing: A Catholic Perspective By Eileen P. Kelly in the Catholic Social Science Review, 1997

    Catholic Social Encyclicals and Wilhelm Roepke's Political Economy of the “Third Way” By Andrew W. Foshee and William F. Campbell in the Catholic Social Science Review, 1997

    Catholic Social Teaching: St. Pius X Through Pius XI By Thomas Storck in The Catholic Faith, September/October 1997

    Catholic Social Teaching: Pius XI By Thomas Storck in The Catholic Faith, November/December 1997

    From the Beginnings Through Leo XIII By Thomas Storck in The Catholic Faith, July/August 1997

    An Introduction to the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church By Thomas Storck in The Catholic Faith, May/June 1997

    Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Science By Frank Brown in the Catholic Social Science Review, 1996

    The Common Good and the Catholic Church's Social Teaching Document from the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, 1996

    What Ever Happened to 'Octogesima Adveniens?' By Mary Elsbernd in Theological Studies, March 1995

    Catholic Social Teaching and Gospel Nonviolence From John Dear's book The God of Peace: Toward a Theology of Nonviolence

    Concerning New Things and Old: A Reading of Centesimus Annus By Charles R. Strain in Word & World, 1992

    Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 3, Section 2 The social doctrine of the Church

    A Century of Catholic Social Teaching By Charles E. Curran in Theology Today, July 1991

    Catholic Social Thought Encounters Feminism By Maria Riley in The Way, 1991

    Church & Society By Rev Mathew Habiger OSB. 1. Overview of Catholic Social Teaching 2. Marriage and Family Life in Catholic Social Teaching 3. The Role of the Church in Society 4. Catholic Social Teaching on Peace 5. On the Social Concern of the Church 6. Catholic Social Teaching on Labor and Society 7. Catholic Social Teaching on Population Growth 8. Catholic Social Teaching on Culture and Education 9. Catholic Social Teaching: Continuity and Change 10. The Role of the Laity in the Transformation of Society

    Catholic Social and Sexual Teaching: a Methodological Comparison By Charles E. Curran in Theology Today, January 1988. The contemporary official Catholic leaching on social issues with its relationality-responsibility model recognizes significant gray areas.... In the contemporary official Catholic teaching on sexual issues, there is little or no mention of such gray areas

    A Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching By Gerald Darring. Originally published in 1987
    ----- Social Justice----- Economic Justice ----- Political Justice ----- Discrimination ----- War and Peace ----- Criminal Justice

    From Social Doctrine to Gospel Values and Signs of the Times By Donald Goergen in Spirituality Today, 1983

    The Principles of the Social Doctrine of the Church By Javier Hervada, who holds a chair in Canon Law and the title of Professor of the Philosophy of Law and of Natural Law in the University of Navarre (Pamplona, Spain). Originally appeared in Vol. XXV of the International Features Service publication SIDEC in consecutive numbers (427 and 428) of January and February 1983

    From Luther and Calvin to Catholic Social Teaching: On Business, Social Responsibility, and the Common Good By Gary L. Chamberlain, Ph.D., Professor of Christian Ethics, Department of Theology, Seattle University, July 2003

    Social Doctrine The Catholic Social Justice Tradition from 1891 to 1991. Themes. Training modules. Courtesy of the Dominicans

    Catholic Social Teaching Doctrine Links to about a dozen sites

    Latin American Economics and Catholic Social Teaching About a dozen articles from the Houston Catholic Worker

    Fair Trade and Catholic Social Teaching From Catholic Relief Services

    CIDRESOC International Center of Documentation and Research on Christian Social Ethic. Works to collect, disseminate, and analyze the social teaching of the Episcopal conferences and the bishops from all the continents


    Catholic Social Teaching
    Pope Leo XIII
    Rerum Novarum
    Pope Pius X
    Pope Benedict XV
    Pope Pius XI
    Quadragesimo Anno
    Pope Pius XII
    Pope John XIII
    Mater et Magistra
    Pacem in Terris
    Vatican II
    Gaudium et Spes
    Pope Paul VI
    Populorum Progressio
    Octogesima Adveniens
    1971 Synod
    Justitia in Mundo
    Pope John Paul I
    Pope John Paul II
    Laborem Exercens
    Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
    Centesimus Annus
    Pope Benedict XVI


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