{"id":25,"date":"2025-07-16T22:22:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicsocialthought.com\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:37:09","slug":"documents-of-catholic-social-teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catholicsocialthought.com\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"Documents of Catholic Social Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Encyclicals<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FRATELLI TUTTI<\/a><\/strong> (On Fraternity and Social Friendship)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Francis (3 October 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LAUDATO SI\u2019<\/a><\/strong> (On Care for Our Common Home)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Francis (24 May 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html\">CARITAS IN VERITATE<\/a><\/strong> (On Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Benedict XVI (29 June 2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CENTESIMUS ANNUS<\/a> <\/strong>(On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">John Paul II (1 May 1991)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LABOREM EXERCENS<\/a><\/strong> (On the Ninetieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">John Paul II (14 September 1981)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">POPULORUM PROGRESSIO<\/a><\/strong> (On the Development of Peoples)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Paul VI (26 March 1967)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-xxiii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_j-xxiii_enc_11041963_pacem.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PACEM IN TERRIS<\/a><\/strong> (On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">John XXIII (11 April 1963)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-xxiii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_j-xxiii_enc_15051961_mater.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MATER ET MAGISTRA<\/a> <\/strong>(On Christianity and Social Progress)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">John XXIII (15 May&nbsp;1961)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QUADRAGESIMO ANNO<\/a><\/strong> (On Reconstruction of the Social Order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Pius XI (15 May 1931)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RERUM NOVARUM<\/a> <\/strong>(On Capital and Labor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Leo XIII (15 May 1891)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apostolic Letters<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/en\/apost_letters\/documents\/hf_p-vi_apl_19710514_octogesima-adveniens.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OCTOGESIMA ADVENIENS<\/a><\/strong> (On the Eightieth Anniversary of the Encyclical Rerum Novarum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Paul VI (14 May 1971)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apostolic Exhortations<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20180319_gaudete-et-exsultate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE<\/a> <\/strong>(On the Call to Holiness in Today\u2019s World)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Francis (19 March 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EVANGELII GAUDIUM<\/a><\/strong> (On the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today&#8217;s World)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Francis (24 November 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_p-vi_exh_19751208_evangelii-nuntiandi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EVANGELII NUNTIANDI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Paul VI (8 December 1975)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/justpeace\/documents\/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\">Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (29 June 2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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