Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God’s special love for the poor and called God’s people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ‚ who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19)‚ and who identified himself with "the least of these‚" the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic
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A trade union (British English—amalgamation is also used)‚ labour union (Canadian English) or labor union (American English) is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade‚ achieving higher pay‚ increasing the number of employees an employer hires‚ and better working conditions. The trade union‚ through its leadership‚ bargains with the employer on behalf of union members (rank and file members) and negotiates labour contracts (collective
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This paper is from a catholic feminist’s perceptive that the church‚ as an institution‚ is structured as a pyramid modeled on the patriarchal family with the custom of father-right. The patriarchal decision-maker has the power to shape‚ form and control the "poor of the world" (McCormick‚ pg. 240) mirroring the aspect of the conflict theory. The poor of the world are the people who work for the institution of the Church controlled by the patriarchal power elite. These established masses of people
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others have written off as a pseudo-novelty‚ old wine in new bottles‚ a mere deference to some (alleged) cultural desire to grasp "the shock of the new"‚ what he calls in the “Situation” chapter the “pharisaical” protest against the cupiditas rerum novarum (the
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Teaching is the core of doctrine created by the Catholic Church concerning poverty‚ wealth‚ finances‚ social assembly‚ and the role the state plays. The foundations are broadly advised to have been arranged by Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical letter‚ Rerum Novarum‚ which had advanced financial distribution and punished Capitalism‚ as well as Socialism‚ even though its roots were traced to the writings of Catholic philosophers like St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo‚ also adopted from existing
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Select one religious person and discuss how his/her life has made a significant contribution to the lives of others. Frederic Ozanam (1813-1853) Introduction: Antoine Frederic Ozanam had a significant impact on the lives of millions as well as in the expansion of Catholicism during the early 19th century through to the present. Frederic tremendous hard work and efforts led him to great success in starting the Saint Vincent De Paul organisation‚ with many Catholics calling him as ‘Blessed Frederic’
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Laborem Exercens Pope John Paul II‚ 1981‚ On Human Work Laborem Exercens commemorates the ninetieth anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum. The context of which it was written then was that of the emerging crisis of the Communist systems in Central and Eastern Europe (Solidarity). Pope John Paul II understood just how that system had failed to recognize the dignity of work. From his experience‚ he became aware that any form of mater
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PAULUS PP. II LABOREM EXERCENS To His Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate to the Priests to the Religious Families to the sons and daughters of the Church and to all Men and Women of good will on Human Work on the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum | BlessingVenerable Brothers and Dear Sons and Daughters‚ Greetings and apostolic BlessingTHROUGH WORK man must earn his daily bread1 and contribute to the continual advance of science and technology and‚ above all‚ to elevating unceasingly
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Your Score: 100 % (22 out of 22) Wrong Answer is highlighted in Red. Correct Answer is highlighted in green. 1. Progressive-era writers and photographers seeking to expose the underside of urban-industrial society were known as Topic: Urban Age‚ Consumer Society‚ Muckrakers a. Muckrakers. b. Bushwhackers. c. Ditch-diggers. d. Stand-patters. Feedback/Reference: REF: 728 2. Progressive-era feminists were Topic: New Feminism‚ Rise of Personal Freedom a. fewer in number than during the
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days voluntary. In the U.S.‚ the persistence of Bishops to send children to school managed by the church has been discarded. The Roman Catholic Church has held strong spots on certain controversial concerns with issues in recent years. With the Rerum
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