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Pope-pourri
100

The central theme to Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' and our call to protect the Earth and those that inhabit it

What is Care for Creation?

100

An assembly in the Catholic Church presided over the pope and including cardinals and bishops

What is a Council?

100

A body of literature written in the modern era by popes and bishops in response to the various political, economic, and social issues

What is Catholic Social Teaching?

100

The major document of Vatican II; includes a shift towards a more global Church

What is Gaudium et Spes?

100

"The Pilgrim Pope;" was pope during the latter part of Vatican II

Who is Paul VI?

200

Global participation in the idea that we are one human family; used in the pursuit of peace and justice

What is Solidarity?

200

The benefits or interests of all

What is the Common Good?

200

The condemnation of interpreting the Church teachings in light of recently developed philosophical and scientific conceptions; present heavily in Syllabus of Errors

What is Anti-Modernism?

200

Encyclical issued on the 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum; discussed ethical implications of social and economic order

What is Quadragesimo Anno?

200

A pretty popular dude - focused heavily on "integral humanism"

Who is John Paul II?

300

The principle that matters should first be handled at the lowest level of competent authority

What is Subsidiarity?

300

The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically; issue highlighted by Pope Pius XII 

What is Colonialism?

300

Social institutions that fail to protect the dignity of the human person, past and present, personal sin of others leads to continuation of that sin by others

What are Structures of Sin?

300

The very first one - big on the topics of inequality, worker's rights, unions, and private property

What is Rerum Novarum?

300

Pope that called Vatican II; optimistic of the modern world; wrote Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris

Who is John XXIII?

400

Making a priority of putting the needs of the economically and socially disadvantaged first

What is Option for the Poor and Vulnerable?

400

St. Mark's Youth Enrichment, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Dubuque County Conservation

What are our Community Partners?

400

The three pillars of the positive relationship between the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community

What are respect, compassion, and sensitivity?

400

Encyclical written by Benedict XVI concerned with global development and progress towards the common good

What is Caritas in Veritate?

400

Quite the intellectual; protective of papal authority and theological traditions; wrote Rerum Novarum

Who is Leo XIII?

500

The ideas that work is a continuing participation in God's creation; and as the economy serves the people, the people must also be respected

What is the Dignity of Work and Rights of the Worker?

500

The institution through which this social teaching is taught through

What is the Catholic Church?

500

The idea that the human person is created for love through their basic human dignity and sociality, but a balance between the two is necessary to avoid an excess of individualism or collectivism

What is the Anthropology of Catholic Social Teaching?

500

Encyclical that focuses on human work: the dignity of work, labor and capital

What is Laborem Excercens?

500

Favored democracy and capitalism; brought attention to idea of "universal destination of goods"

Who is Pius XII?