1. The era in which we are born is the era for which we are responsible
2. The modern period of Catholic Social teaching began more than 100 years ago. In 1891, Pope Leo XIII published an encyclical letter, Rerum Novarum about the conditions of the working classes following the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Since then, the Catholic Church has published a number of notable documents dealing with social justice
3. The teachings were interested in Social Justice because the Good News of Jesus demands application to the social settings that humanity found itself in
6. Otto Lilenthal begins to test winged gliders, made from cloth stretched over willow frameworks The first commercial submarine cable was laid between England and France in 1891. It could only carry one telephone call at a time Technology changes the way that human labour is carried out
7. The fashionable riding habit of the time with a 38 inch bust and 23 inch waist. The cost is $38.50 wages and the access to goods and services
8. j for D d The movement of people to find work and a new life
9. The right to work, receive a just wage from employers, possess private property
55. the production of goods protecting and promoting the physical and economic health of employees and consumers, especially the poor.
56. the advancement of the poor constituting a great opportunity for the moral, cultural and economic growth of all humanity
57. the social nature of humans is not totally fulfilled by the state, since they rightfully belong to other groups
58. During the 1990s and early 2000 many more documents, statements and letters have been produced addressing the rapid changes occurring in the world.
60. “ In our day, there is a growing awareness that world peace is threatened not only by the arms race, regional conflicts and continued injustices among peoples and nations, but also by a lack of due respect for nature”
62. There is a serious and disturbing phenomenon of widespread destruction of human lives either in the womb or in old age. Just as a century ago it was the workers who had their rights oppressed and the Church came to their defence proclaiming the sacrosanct rights of that person as a worker, so now, when another category of person is being oppressed in the fundamental right to life the church feels duty bound to speak out with the same courage on behalf of those who “have no voice”
63. 1995 papal Lenten message “ Literacy is an essential duty for humanity’s future”
64. Illiteracy deprives a great number of poor people of many possibilities and true freedom. A person who can neither read or write finds great difficulties in making use of modern work methods as well as suffering humiliation, exploitation and all kinds of suffering
65. 1995 papal message on the 50 th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
66. It is in human hearts that war or reconciliation begins. A society worthy of the person is not built by destroying the person, by repression or discrimination. The lesson of World War II has not been learned completely and yet remains as a warning for the next millennium
67. 1996 Papal address to the world food summit Food security results from an ethic of solidarity
68. We must seek the solutions together so that we no longer have, side by side, the starving and the wealthy, those who lack the necessary means to live and those who lavishly waste them
69. 1997 Papal address to International science and space conference
70. Science is all the more fruitful when it helps us to acknowledge the link between the beauty and order of the universe and the dignity of the human person – the reflections of the creative brilliance of God
71. 1997 Lenten papal message Developing a special concern for the poor
72. The family, as the basic cell of society has a full right to housing adequate to its needs so that it can develop a genuine domestic communion. When I think of the homeless I think of refugees, victims of war and economic disaster, those forced to migrate for economic reasons, families evicted from their homes and elderly on pensions
74. If one looks at the regions of our planet, one realises immediately that humanity has disappointed the divine expectation. It is necessary, therefore, to stimulate and sustain the “ecological conversion”. It is not only a physical ecology at stake but a human ecology that will render the life of creatures more dignified, protecting the radical good of life in all its manifestations and preparing an environment for future generations that is closer to the plan of the creator
75. The joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially the poor or afflicted, are the joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well Guadium et Spes (the Church in the modern world) December 7, 1965