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The people that God asks us to take special care of

Who are the poor and the vulnerable?

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The place where we first learn how to live, care for other human beings.
What is our family?
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Mom & Dad tell us to do this all the time...

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Catholic Social Teachings primarily flows from the life and words of this very special person to our faith.
What is Jesus?
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The place where Jesus lost his temper and turned over the tables of all the money changers?

Where is the jewish temple?

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Respect due us because we are made in God's image and likeness. This principle is the base of all Catholic Social Teaching

What is the dignity of the human person?

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Stresses limited government control. Decisions should be taken at a level as close as possible to the people affected by those decisions.
What is the principle of subsidiarity?
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The state or condition of sin into which all generations of people are born since the time of Adam and Eve's turning away from God.
What is original sin?
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The three aspects of Catholic Social Teaching.
What is principles for reflection, criteria for judgment, and guidelines for actions? or what is See, Judge, Act
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The recent encyclical that was sent to the whole world by Pope Francis.

What is Laudato Si

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Responsible care for God's creation.

What is the principle of stewardship?

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Responds to the least in our midst. Evaluates a society based on how it treats its most marginalized and vulnerable people
What is the principle of the preferential option and love for the poor and vulnerable?
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The quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed. Humans possess this because we are made in God's image and likeness.
What is dignity?
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The Christian view of a human person.
What is fundamentally good but capable of doing evil?
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An important social justice encyclical written by Pope John XXIII that gave development and peace it's name

What is Populorum Progressio?

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We are social beings made for each other.

What is the principle of the call to family, community, and participation?

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Every person from the moment of conception to natural death has inherent dignity and a right to this consistent with this dignity.
What is the principle of the right to life?
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The body of Church doctrine that applies Jesus' Gospel to our life together, that is, to society, its institutions, and its economic and political structures.
What is the social justice doctrine?
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The most fundamental human right.
What is the right to life?
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The encyclical that recognized the right of workers to organize themselves into associations and also that is considered the cornerstone of modern catholic social teaching

What is Rerum Novarum?

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We are our sisters' and brothers' keepers. Saint Jean-Paul II called it, "A firm and perservering determination to commit oneself to the common good."

What is the principle of solidarity?

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Necessities that make for human decency such as faith, family life, food, shelter, education, jobs, and health care.
What is the principle of rights and responsibilities?
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The means by which the Roman Catholic Church has developed its social doctrine into official church teaching.
What are the social encyclicals
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Takes into consideration the development of the whole person, in the completeness - that is to say, their material, economic, social, spiritual and ecological dimensions.
What is integral human development
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The best resource that summarizes the Catholic Social teaching of the Church?

What is the compendium of the social doctrine of the church?