The seven principles of Catholic Social Teaching endorse God’s life affirming grace in the fabric of our spirituality and socio-economic reality. Each tenet offers axioms to infuse life for individuals, social structures and economic systems to flourish with justice and promote peace. The principles interconnect, like a web, to correlate and support each other. As advocates for social justice, we may have one principle as our passion, but we must not let that negate the relevance and validity of Catholic Social Teaching’s total breadth. God infuses life in our being and all facets of creation. When we embrace all seven principles of Catholic Social Teaching, we affirm life along the spectrum of humanity’s journey, as the principle of life weaves itself in the miracle of birth, supporting the dignity of the homeless, safe working conditions for an employee and mitigating air pollution. As we love God that imparts life, we are called to love our neighbor as ourselves by instilling life into their environs. A neighbor next door or the next continent, the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching calls us to enjoin our thoughts, decisions and actions with them in a spirit infusing life.
Catholic Social Teaching Precepts for Life
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