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It is up to each of God’s children to use the gifts God has given us, including our social nature, to increase our dignity by seeking to grow closer to God.

Citizenship and participation in society.

Compendium It is incumbent on society to ensure that all be encouraged to practice good stewardship and proper charity by working, and that opportunities for adequately-compensated, spiritually fulfilling work be made justly available to all who seek it. In doing so we grow closer to God: we increase our dignity. It is incumbent upon each of us to do what we can, seeing to our own needs while helping those around us who may need assistance.

Reduction of Poverty & the dignity of work: it requires effort for human beings to survive on this planet, as we seek our way back to God.

“The ultimate source of human rights is not found in the mere will of human beings, in the reality of the State, in public powers, but in man himself and in God his Creator.” Compendium With our natural rights come corresponding duties: to love God, and to love one another as God has loved us.

Human rights & duties, which arise immediately from the dignity God has granted each of us.

As affirmed by the 5 th Commandment, it is for God, not us, to decide when we, or others, will die. The sanctity of human life, from conception to natural death: God made us, God still owns us.If this is our life’s work, and if it is the life’s work of everyone around us, then it follows that we can neither take part in nor acquiesce in any activity that might hinder it, either as individuals or society.įor these reasons the dignity of the human person intimately involves questions of: The purpose of this life is to seek to return to God. The dignity of the human individual derives from the source and nature of this life, and our primary, universal mission within it: to seek truth, which for Catholics is God, and to grow as close to God as we are able. The Permanent Principles of Catholic Social TeachingĪs taught by the Compendium, the permanent principles of Catholic Social teaching are: This means that we should always consider at least the following issues while making voting choices and other public decisions. The Church’s social doctrine must become an integral part of the ongoing formation of the lay faithful.Īs Catholics, we must be familiar with each of these concepts, and strive constantly to put them into practice in our personal and civic lives. His parable of the talents and comments on the judgment of nations are fundamental. This includes voting and political participation as well as broader participation in civic life.ĭrawn from both the New and Old Testaments, and particularly the Gospels, as well as the Catechism and the writings of the Popes and our Bishops, the Compendium speaks in terms of four Permanent Principles and four Fundamental Values, which are informed by traditional Christian virtues such as prudence, wisdom, and humility.Īn over-riding concept is proper stewardship, which Christ taught us to apply to every aspect of our lives, both as individuals and as societies. The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church sets out a comprehensive framework for participation by Catholics in the life of the world, both as individuals and as the Church, based on the Gospels and other sources. The Fundamental Values of Catholic Social Teaching.

The Permanent Principles of Catholic Social Teaching.