1. Charity and Justice
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) begins with charity, giving soup to the homeless, and goes on to justice, asking why they are homeless. It challenges both the Left and the Right, transcending political parties.
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- Human Dignity: Every life, from conception to natural death, is sacred. No one is "useless."
- The Common Good: We are responsible for everyone. Society must arrange itself so that all people can reach their fulfillment.
- Subsidiarity: Problems should be solved at the most local level possible (family, community) rather than by a massive central state, unless necessary.
- Solidarity: We are one human family. "Loving our neighbor" has global dimensions.
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God has a special love for the poor. In any policy or decision, we must ask: "How does this affect the most vulnerable among us?" We must look at the world from the bottom up, not the top down.
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