Catholic Resources
Below are links to resources about the Catholic Church and social teachings.
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
USCCB Office of Justice, Peace, and Human Development
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
The Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
Encyclicals and Other Doctrine Resources
Rerum Novarum (The Condition of Labor), Pope Leo XIII, 1891
Quadragesimo Anno(Reconstruction of the Social Order), Pope Pius XI, 1931
Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress), Pope John XXIII, 1961
Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), Pope John XXIII, 1963
Gaudium et Spes (The Church in the Modern World), Second Vatican Council, 1965
Populorum Progressio (The Development of Peoples), Pope Paul VI, 1967
Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action), Pope Paul VI, 1971
Laborem Exercens (On Human Work), Pope John Paul II, 1981
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern), Pope John Paul II, 1987
Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year), Pope John Paul II, 1991
Evangelium Vitae (Gospel of Life), Pope John Paul II, 1995
Deus Caritas Est (God is Love), Pope Benedict XVI, 2005
Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), Pope Benedict XVI, 2009
