Address to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (27 April 2001)
Catechism of the Catholic Church
"For more than a decade bishops, theologians, and other experts worked on a 'compendium of all Catholic doctrine regarding both faith and morals.' The fruit of their work was the catechism, an organized presentation of the essential teachings of the Catholic Church in regards to both faith and morals, 'in the light of the Second Vatican Council and the whole of the church’s tradition.'” - USCatholic.org
Gaudium et Spes
"Calling for a new sense of service by the Church in a rapidly changing world, the Council presents the ethical framework of the Church's commitment to pastoral work in the world. This servant Church addresses itself to the real concerns and problems faced by Christians living in the modern age and calls for a development based on an unqualified accceptance of the inherent dignity of the human person." - http://www.cctwincities.org/CatholicSocialTeachingMajorDocuments
Greeting after the Mass for the Jubilee of Workers (1 May 2000)
Homily at the Mass for the Jubilee of Workers (1 May 2000)
Laborem Exercens
"Exhorting Christians everywhere to be involved in the transformation of existing socio-economic systems, John Paul II presents work as a fundamental dimension of human existence through which the "social question" must be viewed. The meaning of work can only be properly understood when the dignity of labor is taken as an underlying premise." - http://www.cctwincities.org/CatholicSocialTeachingMajorDocuments
Message to the Participants in the International Symposium on Work (14 September 2001)
Populorum Progressio
"Calling attention to the worsening marginalization of the poor, Paul VI presents the various dimensions of an integral human development and the necessary conditions for growth in the solidarity of peoples. Only with an accompanying theological reflection on liberation from injustice and genuine human values can there be true development towards a more human condition." - http://www.cctwincities.org/CatholicSocialTeachingMajorDocuments
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
"Expanding on the notion of development in Populorum Progressio, John Paul II reviews the state of world development in the past two decades. The moral nature of development leading humanity to the "fullness of being" is emphasized." - http://www.cctwincities.org/CatholicSocialTeachingMajorDocuments