Quick Walk through Documents

Below is the 20^th in the August Catholic Social Teaching series: A Quick Walk through History

There is a wealth of teaching beginning with the gospels regarding social justice but in the last 125 years the Church has given this aspect of the gospel special emphasis as world situations demanded.

Teresita Scully, MTS

The Catholic Church over the centuries has communicated through it’s encyclicals and letters the teachings of God and Jesus. It focused on the bible and tradition to teach and preach. As the church grew around the globe it was necessary to view the teachings of Jesus through the lens of progress, while staying true to the Way of Jesus.

Below are documents that are summarized by Teresita Scully on the video for today. You can watch the video here.

1.    1891 - Rerum Novarum – Pope Leo XIII (On Capital and Labor)

2.    1931 - Quadragesimo Anno – Pope Pius XI (On Reconstruction of the Social Order)

3.    1961 - Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress) St. John XXIII

4.    1963 - Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth)—St. John XXIII

5.    1965 - Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World)—Second Vatican Council

6.    1965 - Dignitatis Humanae (Declaration on Religious Freedom)—Second Vatican Council

7.    1967 - Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples)—Blessed Paul VI

8.    1971 - Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action)—Blessed Pope Paul VI

9.    1981 - Laborem Exercens (On Human Work)—St. John Paul II

10. 1989 - Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern)—St. John Paul II

11. 1991 - Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year)—St. John Paul II

12. 2015 - Laudato Si' (On Care for Our Common Home)—Pope Francis

For a full list of Papal and Vatican documents as well as United States Catholic Bishops documents, visit: the USCCB here.

Again, I encourage you to watch the “A Quick Walk” video here