Catechism index

2406 I. The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods Political authority has the right and duty to regulate the legitimate exercise of the right to ownership for the sake of the common good. 188
2407 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods In economic matters, respect for human dignity requires the practice of the virtue of temperance, so as to moderate attachment to this world's goods; the practice of the virtue of justice, to …
2408 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods The seventh commandment forbids theft, that is, usurping another's property against the reasonable will of the owner. There is no theft if consent can be presumed or if refusal is contrary to …
2409 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods Even if it does not contradict the provisions of civil law, any form of unjustly taking and keeping the property of others is against the seventh commandment: thus, deliberate retention of goods …
2410 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods Promises must be kept and contracts strictly observed to the extent that the commitments made in them are morally just. A significant part of economic and social life depends on the honoring …
2411 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods Contracts are subject to commutative justice which regulates exchanges between persons in accordance with a strict respect for their rights. Commutative justice obliges strictly; it requires safeguarding property rights, paying debts, and …
2412 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods In virtue of commutative justice, reparation for injustice committed requires the restitution of stolen goods to their owner: Jesus blesses Zacchaeus for his pledge: "If I have defrauded anyone of anything, I …
2413 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods Games of chance (card games, etc.) or wagers are not in themselves contrary to justice. They become morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for his needs …
2414 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods The seventh commandment forbids acts or enterprises that for any reason - selfish or ideological, commercial, or totalitarian - lead to the enslavement of human beings, to their being bought, sold and …
2415 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods The seventh commandment enjoins respect for the integrity of creation. Animals, like plants and inanimate beings, are by nature destined for the common good of past, present, and future humanity. 194 Use …
2416 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods Animals are God's creatures. He surrounds them with his providential care. By their mere existence they bless him and give him glory. 196 Thus men owe them kindness. We should recall the …
2417 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods God entrusted animals to the stewardship of those whom he created in his own image. 197 Hence it is legitimate to use animals for food and clothing. They may be domesticated to …
2418 II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly. It is likewise unworthy to spend money on them that should as a priority go to the relief …
2419 III. The Social Doctrine of the Church "Christian revelation . . . promotes deeper understanding of the laws of social living." 198 The Church receives from the Gospel the full revelation of the truth about man. When she fulfills …
2420 III. The Social Doctrine of the Church The Church makes a moral judgment about economic and social matters, "when the fundamental rights of the person or the salvation of souls requires it." 199 In the moral order she bears …
2421 III. The Social Doctrine of the Church The social doctrine of the Church developed in the nineteenth century when the Gospel encountered modern industrial society with its new structures for the production of consumer goods, its new concept of …
2422 III. The Social Doctrine of the Church The Church's social teaching comprises a body of doctrine, which is articulated as the Church interprets events in the course of history, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, in the light …
2423 III. The Social Doctrine of the Church The Church's social teaching proposes principles for reflection; it provides criteria for judgment; it gives guidelines for action:
2424 Any system in which social relationships are determined entirely by economic factors is contrary to the nature of the human person and his acts. 202 A theory that makes profit the exclusive norm and ultimate end of economic activity is morally unacceptable. the disordered desire for money cannot but produce perverse effects. It is one of the …
2425 Any system in which social relationships are determined entirely by economic factors is contrary to the nature of the human person and his acts. 202 The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modem times with "communism" or "socialism." She has likewise refused to accept, in the practice of "capitalism," individualism and the absolute …