Catechism index

2426 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice The development of economic activity and growth in production are meant to provide for the needs of human beings. Economic life is not meant solely to multiply goods produced and increase profit …
2427 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice Human work proceeds directly from persons created in the image of God and called to prolong the work of creation by subduing the earth, both with and for one another. 209 Hence …
2428 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice In work, the person exercises and fulfills in part the potential inscribed in his nature. the primordial value of labor stems from man himself, its author and its beneficiary. Work is for …
2429 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice Everyone has the right of economic initiative; everyone should make legitimate use of his talents to contribute to the abundance that will benefit all and to harvest the just fruits of his …
2430 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice Economic life brings into play different interests, often opposed to one another. This explains why the conflicts that characterize it arise. 215 Efforts should be made to reduce these conflicts by negotiation …
2431 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice The responsibility of the state. "Economic activity, especially the activity of a market economy, cannot be conducted in an institutional, juridical, or political vacuum. On the contrary, it presupposes sure guarantees of …
2432 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice Those responsible for business enterprises are responsible to society for the economic and ecological effects of their operations. 217 They have an obligation to consider the good of persons and not only …
2433 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice Access to employment and to professions must be open to all without unjust discrimination: men and women, healthy and disabled, natives and immigrants. 218 For its part society should, according to circumstances, …
2434 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice A just wage is the legitimate fruit of work. To refuse or withhold it can be a grave injustice. 220 In determining fair pay both the needs and the contributions of each …
2435 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice Recourse to a strike is morally legitimate when it cannot be avoided, or at least when it is necessary to obtain a proportionate benefit. It becomes morally unacceptable when accompanied by violence, …
2436 IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice Unemployment almost always wounds its victim's dignity and threatens the equilibrium of his life. Besides the harm done to him personally, it entails many risks for his family. 222
2437 V. Justice and Solidarity Among Nations On the international level, inequality of resources and economic capability is such that it creates a real "gap" between nations. 223 On the one side there are those nations possessing and developing …
2438 V. Justice and Solidarity Among Nations Various causes of a religious, political, economic, and financial nature today give "the social question a worldwide dimension." 224 There must be solidarity among nations which are already politically interdependent. It is …
2439 V. Justice and Solidarity Among Nations Rich nations have a grave moral responsibility toward those which are unable to ensure the means of their development by themselves or have been prevented from doing so by tragic historical events. …
2440 V. Justice and Solidarity Among Nations Direct aid is an appropriate response to immediate, extraordinary needs caused by natural catastrophes, epidemics, and the like. But it does not suffice to repair the grave damage resulting from destitution or …
2441 V. Justice and Solidarity Among Nations An increased sense of God and increased self-awareness are fundamental to any full development of human society. This development multiplies material goods and puts them at the service of the person and …
2442 V. Justice and Solidarity Among Nations It is not the role of the Pastors of the Church to intervene directly in the political structuring and organization of social life. This task is part of the vocation of the …
2443 VI. Love For the Poor God blesses those who come to the aid of the poor and rebukes those who turn away from them: "Give to him who begs from you, do not refuse him who would …
2444 VI. Love For the Poor "The Church's love for the poor . . . is a part of her constant tradition." This love is inspired by the Gospel of the Beatitudes, of the poverty of Jesus, and …
2445 VI. Love For the Poor Love for the poor is incompatible with immoderate love of riches or their selfish use: Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches …