Notable Quotations

Notable Quotations

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Our collection of notable quotations sorts excerpts from major Catholic Social Teaching documents by theme.

Alienation

Capital punishment

Capitalism

Care of creation

Charity and justice

Church’s social mission

Collective bargaining

Common good and community

Competition

Criminal justice

Development and underdevelopment

Dignity

Duties and rights

Education

Efficiency

Environment

Family

Free market

Government

Gun violence

Housing and homelessness

Human dignity

Human trafficking

Immigration

Justice, types

Labor unions

Laity, lay vocation

Markets

Option for the poor

Participation

Peace and nonviolence

Politics and citizenship

Racism, inclusion, and diversity

Rights and duties

Sin

Stewardship of creation

State’s role in society

Subsidiarity

Taxation

Unions

Wages

Work and workers’ rights