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PANCRATIUS S. DELA ROSA 11203722
S12, TREDTWO MS. CAROLINA SAYAGO
1. Why do we need to study the Catholic Social Teachings?
Catholic Social Teachings exist as guiding social and moral principles in order to develop our awareness of the social, economic, and political issues that plague us today. Furthermore, it allows us to acquire an understanding of the complexities that we face in our day-to-day existence and to familiarize ourselves with the proper discernment methods so that we may be able to act accordingly.
Firstly, Catholic Social Teaching is seen as an instrument of evangelization. Preaching the Gospel consists of “action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world.” Secondly, it is the concrete expression of what it means to live out the Faith in our world today. Faith brings to fullness the meaning of the family, which, founded on marriage between one man and one woman, constitutes the first and vital cell of society. Thirdly, it emphasizes that moral values ought to inform both personal and social conscience. The world of work, profoundly changed by the advances of modern technology, reveals extraordinary levels of quality, but unfortunately, it must also acknowledge new forms of instability, exploitation and even slavery within the very societies that are considered affluent.and Last but not the least, therefore, as a means of evangelization, concrete expression of the faith, and a moral obligation, CST (Catholic Social Teaching) teaches us how to engage the world in order to re-align it with God's saving plan.
It is very common for Catholic schools and home-schooling families that are trying to provide an education faithful to the Magisterium to neglect Catholic social teaching. Such people follow the four pillars of The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in the four years of high school, and that seems, for...