1: Why does the Catholic Church care about social issues? What motivates popes and bishops to “weigh in” on matters of social, political and economic life? What four principal sources of Catholic social teaching do they draw on in offering guidance? Topic 2: The Church’s understanding of the human person is at the root of Catholic social teaching. Describe the major elements of the Church’s understanding. On what does the Church base its view? Topic 3: Catholic social teaching is viewed by some as “socialistic” and yet the right to private property, a key aspect of a capitalist system, is a central element in the Church’s social doctrine. How can this apparent contradiction be explained? Topic 4: Both Rerum novarum and Quadragesimo anno were published during times of social, political, and economic crisis. Discuss how one of these two encyclicals addressed the crisis situation with respect to its analysis of the causes and the proposals for change that it offered. What evidence can you point to that it made a difference in improving the situation that it faced?
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