Catholic social teaching

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Catholic social teaching
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Created in the image and likeness of God
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Life and Dignity of the human person

• All people are made in the image of God
• All people regardless of race, age, nationality,
  religion, or economic status deserve respect
• People are invaluable, loved by God, and worthy
  of respect human life is sacred
• Respect for life from womb to tomb

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Family and Community Participation

• Human beings are social by nature
• Family is the central social institution in
  society
• People have a right to participate in society and
  seek the common good
• Principle of subsidiarity a higher unit of
  society should not do what a lower unit can do as
  well or better counters the state controlling
  persons and destroying individual liberty

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Rights and Responsibilities

• Right a claim we can make on other people and
  on society so we can live a full human life
• People have a fundamental right to life, food,
  shelter, health care, employment, and education
• From Peace on Earth right to life, moral and
  cultural rights, right to worship God, right to
  choose ones state of life, economic rights,
  meeting and association, right to emigrate and
  immigrate, political rights
• Corresponding to each right is a responsibility
  to respect rights of others and work for common
  good (social nature)

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Option for the poor and vulnerable

• The moral test of a society is how it treats its
  most vulnerable members
• The poor and powerless must be protected
  otherwise society will fragment and all will
  suffer
• Jesus takes the side of those in need demands a
  conversion from selfishness
• Requires involvement in changing political and
  economic structures, living more simply so others
  can have a chance to live

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Dignity of Work and rights of workers

• Economy should serve the people
• Work helps us participate in Gods creation
• Right to productive work, decent and fair wages,
  union participation, private property and
  economic initiative

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Solidarity

• We are our brothers and sisters keeper wherever
  they live
• Members of one human family share equal human
  dignity, certain values, goals, standards and
  interests
• We are all interdependent looking out for
  number one as our only concern is opposite to
  solidarity

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Care for Gods creation

• Called to protect the planet we must live in
  relationship with all Gods creation
• Correct the anthropocentric nature of Christianity