Key Documents Of CST

Question 1

Rerum Novarum

Answer 1

On Capital and Labor
(1891)
Pope Leo XIII
To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other ordinaries of places having Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See.

Question 2

Quadragesimo Anno

Answer 2

On Reconstruction of the Social Order
(1931)
Pope Pius XI
To our venerable brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other ordinaries in peace and communion with the Apostolic See, and likewise to all the Faithful of the Catholic world.

Question 3

Pacem in Terris

Answer 3

On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty
Pope John XXIII
April 11, 1963
To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and all other Local Ordinaries who are at Peace and in Communion with the Apostolic See, and to the Clergy and Faithful of the entire Catholic World, and to all Men of Good Will.

Question 4

Populorum Progressio

Answer 4

On The Development of Peoples
Pope Paul VI
March 26, 1967
To the Bishops, Priests, Religious, and Faithful of the Whole Catholic World, and to All Men of Good Will

Question 5

Sollicitudo Rei Socialis

Answer 5

On Social Concern
(1987)
Pope John Paul II

Question 6

Centesimus annus

Answer 6

Centesimus annus
(On the 100th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum)
1991
JPII

Question 7

Caritas in veritate

Answer 7

Caritas in veritate
(On Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth)
2009
Benedict XVI

Question 8

Laudato Si

Answer 8

Laudato si
(On Care for our Common Home)
2015
Francis