PrecedingHistoryTounderstandthequantumleapofJohnPaulII’ssocialteaching,weneedtoknowali<leofwhatprecededit:• RerumNovarum(LeoXIII,1891)• QuadragesimoAnno(PiusXI,1931)• MateretMagistra(PopeJohnXXIII,1961)• GaudiumetSpes(VaHcanII,1965)• PopolorumProgressio(PaulVI,1967)

ScopeofCatholicSocialTeaching

TheCompendiumoftheSocialDoctrineoftheCatholicChurch(publishedin2004andauthorizedbyJohnPaulII)listsseveralthemesoftheChurch’ssocialteaching:•  MarriageandFamily•  HumanWork(thedignityofwork,righttowork,rightsofworkers,solidarity)

•  EconomicLife(moralityandtheeconomy,privateiniHaHveandbusinessiniHaHve)

•  PoliHcalCommunity(authority,democraHcsystem,civilsociety,interacHonwithreligiouscommuniHes)

•  InternaHonalCommunity(fundamentalrules,organizaHon,cooperaHonfordevelopment)

•  TheEnvironment•  Peace(fruitofjusHceandlove;it’soppositeiswar)

Wewillfocusaboveallon“economicsubjects”whichfundamentallyinvolvehumanwork,economiclife,thepoliHcalcommunityaswellasculture.

DeeperAnthropological&BiblicalRe-ReadingsofCST

•  JohnPaulII’sChristologicaltheologicalanthropology•  RedemptorHominis(1979)astheprogramforhisponHficateandhissocialteaching.

•  AntecedentsinGaudiumetSpes.•  Christfullyrevealsmantohimselfandmakeshissupremecallingclear(GS22):

•  Mancannotdiscoverhimselfexceptinthesinceregicofself(GS24)

DeeperAnthropological&BiblicalRe-ReadingsofCST

•  ApplicaHonsofthistheologicalanthropologytootherareasofhisponHficate•  HumanSexuality•  God’sMercy•  DignityofWomen•  Family•  MoralTheology•  FaithandReason•  ProtecHonofHumanLife•  Ecumenism•  Art•  PriestlyFormaHonandPriestlyLife•  HumanSuffering

DeeperAnthropological&BiblicalRe-ReadingsofCST

•  ApplicaHonsofthistheologicalanthropologywithinhisthreemajorsocialencyclicals.•  LaboremExercens(1981)•  SollicitudoReiSocialis(1987)•  CentesimusAnnus(1991)

•  TheCompendiumshowshowPopeJohnPaulIIprovidedthetheological-moralnaturefortheChurch’ssocialteaching.•  Hissocialteachingdidnotsoundlikemerepublicpolicyannouncements

•  RatheritseemedverymuchlikeanapplicaHonoftheGospel

JohnPaulII’sThreeSocialEncyclicals

•  LaboremExercens(1981)•  SollicitudoReiSocialis(1987)• CentesimusAnnus(1991)

LaboremExercens•  Background•  SummaryofCoreTeachings• Workisafundamentaldimensionofman’slifeonearth•  Theprimarybasisforthevalueofworkismanhimself•  Jesus,thewayoftheChurch,whofullyrevealsmantohimself,revealsthefundamentalredempHvemeaningofhumanwork.• Menandwomencannotbetreatedasmechandiseor“objects”butare“subjects”attheworkplace.OtherwisetheirworkbecomesalienaHng.ThePrimacyoflaborovercapital.

SollicitudoReiSocialis•  Background•  SummaryofCoreTeachings•  Expansionofthe“subjecHvity”ofwork,foundinLaboremexercens,toallciHzensandmembersoforganizaHons

•  GlobalizaHon,unrestrictedbyethicalprinciples,willwreakhavoconthirdworldpeoples.

•  Atheologicallygroundedtheoryofhumandevelopmentthattakeseconomicsseriouslybutemphasizestheprimaryofthespiritual.

•  Conversion,parHcularlyonthepartofthepowerful,isneeded.

•  Conversionisalsonecessaryonthepartofdevelopingcountries,toeliminatecorrupHon,dictatorialandauthoritarianformsofgovernment.

CentesimusAnnus•  Background•  SummaryofCoreTeachings•  Thefallofcommunismwasaboveallbecauseofadistortedanthropologythattriedtounderstandmanexclusivelyatthelevelofmaterialdesireswhileexcludingspiritualvalues.

•  TheFreeEconomyandthedisHncHonbetween“good”and“bad”capitalism(CA42)

•  Thefreeandvirtuoussocietyisanetworkorcomplexofthreeparts:•  ademocraHcpoliHcalcommunity•  afreeeconomyand•  avibrant,publicmoralculture.

CentesimusAnnus•  SummaryofCoreTeachings•  FreedomisintrinsicallyHedtomoraltruth,andhencetruthandtraininginauthenHcfreedomareessenHalforDemocracy.

•  PovertyisessenHallyaproblemofexclusion•  TherearesomeimportantgoodsthatcannotbesaHsfiedbymarketforces.

•  Aneedforthedevelopmentofatrueeconomicpersonalism(CA30-43)•  Principlecauseofwealthisthepersonandhisideas•  Thepersonworkswithinacommunity•  WorkinvolvesapracHcalrealism•  Man’svulnerabilitytosinmustnotbeforgo<en

FurtherReading•  CompendiumoftheSocialDoctrineoftheChurch,PonHficalCouncilforJusHceandPeace,2004.

•  TheSocialAgenda:ACollecDonofMagisterialTexts,PonHficalCouncilforJusHceandPeace,2000.

•  PopeSt.JohnPaulII•  CentesimusAnnus,1991•  LaboremExercens,1981•  SollicitudoReiSocialis,1987

•  PopeBenedictXVI•  DeusCaritasEst,2005(19-42)•  CaritasinVeritate,2009.•  InauguralSessionoftheFichGeneralConferenceofCELAM,partIV,“SocialandPoliHcalProblems”

•  PopeFrancis•  EvangeliiGaudium,2013(176-258)•  LaudatoSi’,2015