The Church’s social mission is founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ, inspired by the passion for justice of the Hebrew prophets, shaped by the social teaching of our Church, and lived by the People of God. The social dimensions of our faith have taken on special urgency and clarity over this last century.

Catholic social teaching is sometimes misunderstood as a peripheral aspect rather than as an integral and constitutive element of our faith. Where religion is seen as personal and privatized, the call to incorporate justice as an integral element of faith must be emphasized. The Catholic social vision offers words of hope, a set of principles and directions for action to a world longing for greater freedom, justice, and peace.

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