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catholic social teaching theme 5 the

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dignity of work and the rights of
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workers
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woe to him who builds his house on wrong
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his terraces on injustice who works his
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neighbor without pay and gives him no
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wages
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whether capitalist socialist or
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otherwise the economic system of a
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society is extremely important because
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it has an impact on everyone Catholic
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teaching is that the economy must serve
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people not the other way around for a
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Christian work is more than a way to
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make a living it's a form of continuing
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participation in God's creation and so
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it has great dignity to repeat whether
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you are a medical professional who heals
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people an artist who paints beautiful
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portraits or a sanitation worker who
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keeps your community healthy by
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collecting garbage and recycling
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plastics you are participating in God's
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creative activity and your work has
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great value and dignity but if the
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dignity of work is to be protected then
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the basic rights of workers must be
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respected the right to productive work
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the right to decent and fair wages the
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right of workers to organize and join or
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form unions the right to private
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property and the right to economic
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initiative employees are not things to
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be used and discarded they are human
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beings with as much dignity and value as
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their employers and stockholders in the
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words of pope john paul ii all people
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have the right to economic initiative to
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productive work to just wages and
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benefits the decent working conditions
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as well as to organize and join unions
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or other associations all these rights
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together with the need for the workers
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themselves to secure them give rise to
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yet another right the right of
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association that is to form associations
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for the purpose of defending the vital
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interests of those employed in the
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various professions these associations
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are called labor or trade unions
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the sixth theme of Catholic social
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teaching solidarity
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blessed are the peacemakers for they
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will be called children of God
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Catholics believe there is one God who
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was the father of us all yes we have
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many differences National racial ethnic
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economic religious and ideological but
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we are nonetheless a single human family
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we who belong to the Catholic Church the
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word Catholic means universal
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or global we are taught by Jesus that we
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are our brothers and sisters keepers
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whether they be next-door or halfway
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around the world in a shrinking world
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like ours a world of social media loving
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our neighbor has global dimensions the
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main way we express and live out
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solidarity with all of God's children
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around the world is the pursuit of
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justice in peace and it is good to
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remember the words of Pope Paul the
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sixth when he visited the United Nations
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he said if you want peace work for
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justice our love for all our sisters and
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brothers demands that in a world filled
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with violence and war we Christians must
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promote peace and the nonviolent
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resolution of conflicts as Pope John
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Paul the second put it solidarity is not
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a feeling of vague compassion or shallow
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distress at the misfortunes of so many
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people both near and far on the contrary
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it is a firm and persevering
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determination to commit oneself to the
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common good that is to say to the good
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of all and of each individual because we
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are all really responsible for all
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the seventh and final theme of Catholic
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social teaching care for God's creation
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the Lord God then took the man and
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settled him in the Garden of Eden to
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cultivating care for it
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we show our respect for God the Creator
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by our stewardship of his creation care
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for the earth is not just an earth day
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slogan it's a requirement of our faith
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the earth and all it contains and
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provides belongs to God not to us we are
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merely stewards or managers not owners
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and God will hold us responsible for how
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well we manage his earth and its
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resources God trusts us to share the
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earth's resources and to protect his
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people and planet he trusts us to live
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our faith in a healthy relationship with
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all of creation and there are many
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challenges related to our stewardship
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today such as air and water pollution
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contamination of the soil global warming
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as Pope Francis has described in his
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apostolic exhortation laudato see this
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environmental challenge has fundamental
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moral and ethical dimensions that cannot
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be ignored may the relationship between
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man and nature not be driven by greed to
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manipulate and exploit but may the
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divine harmony between beings and
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creation be conserved in the logic of
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respect and care
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so there they are the seven major themes
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of Catholic social teaching be aware
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that this brief summary is merely a
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starting point for understanding and
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living according to Catholic social
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teaching a full understanding can only
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be achieved by reading the documents
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written by Pope's ecumenical councils
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and pastoral letters from our bishops
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together they make up this rich
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tradition for more information see the
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many high school textbooks on the social
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teaching of the church that are
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available and visit the website of the
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American bishops the United States
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Conference of Catholic Bishops