What is the Churchs Social stance?

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What is the Churchs’ stance on Social issues? I remeber is has a name like (Catholic Social Justice or something like that) but both that and its contents have really been lost to me. Can anyone here point me in the right direction? Thanks and God bless.
 
Hi Montie,

The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a good place to start. Go to

scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c2a3.htm#1928

Here is a passage from that section :
1930 Respect for the human person entails respect for the rights that flow from his dignity as a creature. These rights are prior to society and must be recognized by it. They are the basis of the moral legitimacy of every authority: by flouting them, or refusing to recognize them in its positive legislation, a society undermines its own moral legitimacy.36 If it does not respect them, authority can rely only on force or violence to obtain obedience from its subjects. It is the Church’s role to remind men of good will of these rights and to distinguish them from unwarranted or false claims.
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The American Bishop’s have an entire selection of Catholic Social Jusctice and Teachings on their web site:

usccb.org/index.shtml

A good pace to start. Topics like:
Social Justice Issues
• Arms Control
• Campaign/Human Development
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Debt
• Death Penalty
• Domestic Issues
• Environment
• Faith-Based Initiative
• Faithful Citizenship
• Housing
• Government Liaison
• International Issues
• Iraq
• Labor Issues
• Middle East
• Migrants & Refugees
• Nonviolence
• Poverty
• Social Dev. & World Peace
• Social Security
• Trafficking
• Welfare
 
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