cst

• "A new command I give you: Love one another as I have loved you, so you must love one another.": 'John 13:34'
• Catholic Social Teachings (CST)


  The Church's body of teachings on social realities based on Sacred Scriptures, Church Tradition, natural law and human experience. CST presents the Catholic Christian response to key modern social problems.
• CST does not give technical solutions to social problems. Rather, it gives us moral principles that can help us reflect on our social problems, guidelines for moral actions, and criteria for judging our moral decisions and evaluating social systems.
• Church as the Moral Center


  The Church as "people of God," is endowed with "different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same spirit … different forms of service but the same Lord ,,, different workings but the same God who produce all of them in everyone (1 Cor 12:4-6)
• Leaders of the Church


  Mainly responsible for evangelizing the faithful. They are task to relate the Gospel values to the specific issues of the day.
• Role of the faithful


  To concretely and directly incorporate the Gospel values into our specific relationships and works.
• Church and State Separation/Relation

  • The Church and the State are two independent institutions. Each have their own distinct origin, way of proceeding, and objectives. They don't impose to each other.
  • Everyone is free to choose and practice their own religion as guaranteed by the constitution.
  • The Church does not run the government and ask no special privileges from it.
  • The State fulfills its mission according to its own ways and means. So does the Church.
• The Church has something to say about political matters.
• Social Documents

  • Today, when Church authorities talk about CST, they refer primarily to the documents address to the universal Church.
  • While popes released encyclicals on various topics and practically all letters signed by them have social implications.
  • These offer a venue for the Church to address the contemporary social, economic and political issues of specific nation or region and speak on behalf of the victims of social injustice.

  
• Characteristics of CST

  • Permanent
  • Developing
• 10 Principles of CST

  • Life and Dignity of the Human Person
  • Common Good
  • Call to Family, community and participation
  • Rights and responsibilities
  • Option for the poor and vulnerable
  • The dignity of work and rights or workers
  • Solidarity
  • Care for God's creation
  • Subsidiarity
  • Universal destination of goods
• The Church serves as the basic moral center of society. All leaders and members of the Church have their role to play in bringing the Gospel to daily human life.
• CST is one concrete way the Church fulfills its task of integral evangelization, proclaiming that Christ's liberation touches every aspect of human life.
• "Love is the most beautiful thing in life, especially when it is shared": 'Blessed Carlo Acutis'
• life and dignity of the human person

  • abortion
  • euthanasia
  • human trafficking
• common good

  • racism
  • corruption
  • inequality
• call to family, community, and participation

  • apolotical
  • family breakdown
• rights and responsibilities

  • child labor
  • abuse of power
• option for the poor and vulnerable

  • homelessness
  • entitlement
• the dignity of work and rights

  • contractualization
  • forced labor
  • underpaid
• solidarity

  • discrimination of indigenous people
  • income inequality
• care for god's creation

  • deforestation
  • climate change
• subsidiarity

  • centralized government
  • considering those below
• universal destination of goods

  • hoarding of wealth
  • west philippine sea