JECS 001 CST

• Catholic Social Teaching


  • History of the social teachings of the Church
  • How the Church became sensitive to the needs of the people
  • Importance of the role of the Church in addressing the problems in the society
• RERUM Novarum (of New things)


  1891
• Industrial Revolution
• Quadragesimo Anno (the Fortieth Year)


  1931
• Fortieth Anniversary of Kerum Novar
• Great Depression Underway
• Dietatorships growing in Europe
• Mater et Magistra (Mother and teacher)


  1961
• Science and technology advance while millions live in poverty in Third World
• Pacem in terrir (Peace on Earth)

  1963
• Cold war, erection Berlin Wall (1961)
• Cuban Missile Criviv (1962)
• Godium et sper (church in the Modern world)


  1965
• Continuing cold war and arm race
• Octogerima Adveniens (the coming eightieth year)

  1971
• In US, see Vietnam war - civil rights and women's movements, "liberation" especially in Latin America
• Evangelii Nuntiandi Con Evangelization in the Modern world


  1975
• Rising atheistic secularism consumerism, growing oppression
• Laborem Exerceu (on Human work)

  1981
• Great numbers of people are unemployed, migrant workers exploited. Both capitalist and communist systems exploiting the worker
• Economia Justice for All

  1986
• Millions are unemployed
• Sollicitudo Rei Sociales (on social concern)


  1987
• World economy in flux - debt, unemployment and recession hitting both rich and poor nations
• Centesimus Annur (the Hundredth year)


  1991
• Collapse of communism in Eastern Europe
• Evangelium Vitae (the Gospel of life)


  1995
• Prevalence of "culture of death" - abortion, euthanasias, death penalty
• Deus Caritas Est (God is Love)

  2005
• First encyclical of Benedict XVI. Comes in the midst of a culture of relativism
• Laudato dion (care for our common Home)


  2015
• A climate crisis threatens humans and the environment - biodiversity loss, over consumption of resources, pollution, land, air and water and the disproportionate burden
• Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship)


  2020
• Covid-19 pandemic - Disruption in education, gaps in learning, while social isolation intensified mental health challenges
• Industrial revolution lead to exploitation of workers
• Communum - Dictatorship in Europe (KARL MARX)