All tagged catholic social teaching
We often hear that we should pay our taxes because Jesus told us to. Give to God that which is God, and to Caesar that which is Caesar’s. Say your prayers and pay your taxes. Such a theology of taxation and loyalty to government has been used by some states to encourage Christians to quiet compliance.
Contributors to The School of Theology have been busy. Fr Simon Cuff’s book Love in Action: Catholic Social Teaching for Every Church is out tomorrow.
Catholic Social Teaching has been described as the Catholic Church’s best kept secret, the fruit of carefully applying the demands of the Gospel in ever-changing social and political contexts. […]
Catholic Social Teaching has been described as the Roman Catholic Church’s best kept secret. It is a rich body of thought, the fruit of the Roman Catholic Church carefully applying the demands of the Gospel in the midst of ever-changing social and political contexts. It finds its origins in Europe at the end of the 19th Century and continues to be worked out today, with recent interventions by Pope Francis developing this body of teaching and reflection on how the Gospel is to be preached in an increasingly globalised world. […]
