Catholic Social Teaching

Pope Francis and preaching the Church’s social teaching

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In his 2015 encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’ (“On Care for Our Common Home”), and, more recently, in Fratelli Tutti (“On Fraternity and Social Friendship”), Pope Francis makes important contributions to the rich treasury that is Catholic social teaching. To the two encyclicals, we might add his “Let Us Dream: The Path to a Read More

Bringing Salt and Light to the Parish

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In his apostolic exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel” (Evangelii Gaudium), Pope Francis stresses the importance of missionary discipleship: “The word of God constantly shows us how God challenges those who believe in him ‘to go forth’” (No. 20). He envisions a Church that goes out to the margins and peripheries to proclaim the Good Read More