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• Three evils:

  • greed
  • hatred
  • ignorance
• Three inevitables:

  • old age
  • disease
  • death
• Samsara - the cycle of birth and death in Hinduism
• Human society was split into two classes: Haves and have-not
• Four causes of death according to Buddha

  • kamma
  • frame of mind
  • weather
  • food
• Profit motive - evils in the world are traced to this advent
• Catholic Church


  Integral worshipper of God through efforts to promote justice and charity in the world
• Pontificate of Pope Leo XIII

  1878-1903
• COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH

  Issued in 2004 by the Pontifical Council Justice and Peace (lustitia et pax)
• Encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIII

  Rerum novarum (RN)
• Encyclical letter of Pope St. John XXIII

  Pacem in terris
• This pre-Vatican period begins with the encyclical letter Rerum novarum (RN) of Pope Leo XIII and ends with another encyclical letter, Pope St. John XXIII's Pacem in terris
• Social doctrine


  The doctrinal corpus (or body of teachings) concerning issues relevant to society, developed in the Church through the Magisterium of the Roman Pontiffs and the Bishops in communion with them
• Pope Pius XI

  Pontificate: 1922-1939
• Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII

  Rerum novarum
• Rerum novarum marks the beginning of a new path, grafting itself onto a tradition hundreds of years old, and signals a new beginning and a singular development of the Church's teaching in the area of social matters
• Pope Leo XIII - called the first modern pope by many historians, because he was the first Roman Pontiff who dared tackle the real problems that afflicted the world of his times
• Rerum novarum - its central theme was the just ordering of society, starting with the examination of the conflict between capital and labor
• Pope Pius XI - the next pope to issue a major social document, the encyclical letter on Social Reconstruction Quadragesimo anno, 15 May 1931
• Pope Pius XI - criticised both socialism and capitalism as not respectful of inherent human rights
• Pope St. John XXIII - was the next Roman Pontiff who wrote profoundly on social issues
• Pope St. John XXIII - wrote two major social encyclicals: Mater et Magistra and Pacem in terris
• Mater et Magistra - key words found in this encyclical are community and socialization
• Pacem in terris - encyclical of peace and human dignity
• Pacem in terris - dwells on the public authority of the world community, called to tackle and solve problems of am economic, social, politcal, or cultural character, which are posed by the universal common good
• Pope St. John XXIII - saw the signs within the social arena in universal cooperation so as to solve the problems posed by agriculture, development, and population growth
• Social doctrine


  The doctrinal corpus (or body of teachings) concerning issues relevant to society which developed in the Church through the Magisterium of the Roman Pontiffs and the Bishops in communion with them
• Rerum Novarum (1891)


  • Stresses the need for restructuring human society in response to the demands of justice
  • Providing laborers with a wage that is enough for them and their family to lead a decent standard of living and have the capacity to possess some private property
• Quadragesimo Anno (1931)


  • Attributes unjust poverty and unemployment to the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few, a condition caused by the socialist and capitalist systems
  • Suggested the revival of the professional guilds based on the principle of subsidiarity
  • Hoped that this initiative will bring about greater employment and the spreading of wealth to as many as possible
• Mater et Magistra (1961)


  • Challenges the entire Church to embrace truth, justice, and love to cooperate in building with all men and women an authentic communion which safeguards not only responding to everyone's needs but also respecting everyone's dignity
• Pacem in Terris (1963)


  • Emphasizes the importance of the cooperation of all men and women
  • Addressed to all men of good will, who are called to a great task: to establish with truth, justice, love, and freedom new methods of relationships in human society
  • Insistence for people to work together for the common good is to be facilitated by the civil authorities
• Creating a culture of sharing

  1. Undergoing personal attitudinal transformation

  2. Becoming "cheerful givers" instead of "craving getters"

  3. Transforming from Avaricious to Austere

  4. Transforming from Big-mouthed to Big-hearted

  5. Transforming from Covetous to Contented

  6. Transforming from Divisive to Different
• pontifical council justice and peace - a vatican department whose responsibility lies in promoting justice and peace in the word