CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The Church’s social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society
and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of our society. Modern Catholic
social teaching has been articulated through a tradition of papal, conciliar, and
episcopal documents. The depth and richness of this tradition can be understood best
through a direct reading of these documents. But in brief, the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops (USCCB) outlines Seven Key Themes of Catholic Social Teaching
(http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/socialteaching/excerpt.shtml):
- Life and Dignity of the Human Person
- Call to Family, Community, and Participation
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
- The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
- Solidarity
- Care for God’s Creation
Each of these commitments is an important dimension of Catholic Social Teaching
and together they are dynamically related to one another and therefore should not be
seen or applied in isolation from one another:
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