{"id":28567,"date":"2019-04-16T13:25:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T13:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capp.mystagingwebsite.com\/?page_id=28567"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:34:31","slug":"catholic-social-teaching-principles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/catholic-social-teaching-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/3-principles-together\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>The Three Key Principles of Catholic Social Teaching<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough M-4_grid\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-4_grid-item M-4_grid-item1 grid-item_gap-fill\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-4_grid-item M-4_grid-item1 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Are Expressions of Human Freedom<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-4_grid-item M-4_grid-item2 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-4_grid-item2_shape\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"M-4_grid-item2_text\">\n<p>All Three Principles are Important<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_video_0 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module M-4_grid-item M-4_grid-item3\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Three Principles of Catholic Social Teaching\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/348210517?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_video_overlay\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-principles.png)\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_overlay_hover\"><a class=\"et_pb_video_play\" href=\"#\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-4_grid-item M-4_grid-item4 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Oriented Towards the Creator<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-4_grid-item M-4_grid-item5 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\" data-et-mv-hidden-tablet=\"true\"><p>Empowers Individuals<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Three Principles<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Catholic social teaching is built on three principles: <strong>Human Dignity, Solidarity and Subsidiarity<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_exh_22011999_ecclesia-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 55<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>&amp;\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2010\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20100521_pc-laici.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope\u00a0Benedict XVI<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">the greatest of which the Church insists is the first: A correct understanding of the human person embodied in the principle of <strong>Human Dignity: This is the prime principle!<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">These principles are the threefold cornerstone of Catholic social teaching!<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-Key-principle-icons-resized.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-Key-principle-icons-resized.png 600w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-Key-principle-icons-resized-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" class=\"wp-image-33298\" title=\"3 Key principle icons-resized\" alt=\"a diagram of the three principles of catholic social teaching\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_0 et_pb_blurb et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_blurb_position_top et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Applies to Society: Culture, Politics &amp; Economics<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Catholic social teaching informs us that good governments and good economic systems <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\">find ways of fostering the three principles<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">.\u00a0The Catholic Church also points out that <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">systems that do not value these three principles <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">work towards the detriment of mankind. Vincent Cardinal Nichols, then Archbishop of Westminster, explained it well when he said that it \u201cis not an economic or political programme, but it offers a powerful way of thinking about what the common good requires, and how structures in society can promote or undermine human well-being and the requirements of justice.\u201d <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theosthinktank.co.uk\/cmsfiles\/archive\/files\/Reports\/Just%20money%20combined%20FINAL%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>(Just Money: How Catholic Social Teaching Can Redeem Capitalism, Foreward)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_0 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read more<\/h5><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this, the Catholic Church has done a lot of thinking and reflection on these macro issues facing modern societies:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What form of government and economic system is best for promoting human freedom?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why must faith be part of the public square?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the pathologies destroying our culture, and how do we fix them?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How should we address the issues of developing countries?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the dangers of a \u201cwelfare state\u201d?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Provenance of the Holy Fathers<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pope Benedict XVI confirmed this when he said i<\/span>t \u201cis an expression of the prophetic task of the supreme pontiffs to give apostolic guidance to the church of Christ and to discern the new demands of evangelization.\u201d<sup>\u00a0<\/sup><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Caritas in Veritate, 12)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Catholic Social Doctrine<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Catholic social teaching is so important and comprehensive that Pope Saint John Paul II called on lay Catholic leaders to form their consciences on the tenets of the Church\u2019s social doctrine. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_exh_22011999_ecclesia-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Ecclesia in America, 67)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope Pius XI believed the principles of Catholic social teaching to be universal. He stated that even those that do not share the faith, may share in its social doctrine.\u00a0Catholic social teaching\u00a0 has \u201cgradually and imperceptibly worked its way into the minds of those outside Catholic unity who do not recognize the authority of the Church. Catholic principles on the social question have as a result, passed little by little into the patrimony of all human society.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 21)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Call To Action<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Yet, most Catholics are largely unaware of Catholic social doctrine. Even if we attend Mass regularly, go, or went, to Catholic schools and are active in our parishes we know little of this teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_5 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_8 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>The Principle of Human Dignity<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope St. John Paul II said, \"[T]he guiding principle...of all of the Church\u2019s social doctrine, is a \u200b<strong>correct view of the human person <\/strong>\u200band of his unique value, inasmuch as 'man ... is the only creature on earth which God willed for itself'. God has imprinted his own image and likeness on man (cf. Gen 1:26), conferring upon him an incomparable dignity, as the Church frequently insists... In effect, beyond the rights which man acquires by his own work, there exist rights which do not correspond to any work he performs, but which flow from his essential dignity as a person.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 11)<\/a> <strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>, rooted in a correct view of the human person, is <strong>the prime principle<\/strong> of the Catholic social doctrine.\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P5F.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1700)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/human-dignity\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Human Dignity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/children-siblings-brother-sister-hug-laugh-smile-family-dignity-child.jpg\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/children-siblings-brother-sister-hug-laugh-smile-family-dignity-child.jpg 864w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/children-siblings-brother-sister-hug-laugh-smile-family-dignity-child-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 864px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-42122\" title=\"children-siblings-brother-sister-hug-laugh-smile-family-dignity-child\" alt=\"A young girl sitting on the floor hugs a younger boy, calling to mind human dignity, the first of the three principles of catholic social teaching\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/children-siblings-brother-sister-hug-laugh-smile-family-dignity-child.jpg\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/children-siblings-brother-sister-hug-laugh-smile-family-dignity-child.jpg 864w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/children-siblings-brother-sister-hug-laugh-smile-family-dignity-child-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 864px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-42122\" title=\"children-siblings-brother-sister-hug-laugh-smile-family-dignity-child\" alt=\"A young girl sitting on the floor hugs a younger boy, calling to mind human dignity, the first of the three principles of catholic social teaching\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_10 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>The Principle of Human Dignity<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope St. John Paul II said, \"[T]he guiding principle...of all of the Church\u2019s social doctrine, is a \u200b<strong>correct view of the human person <\/strong>\u200band of his unique value, inasmuch as 'man ... is the only creature on earth which God willed for itself'. God has imprinted his own image and likeness on man (cf. Gen 1:26), conferring upon him an incomparable dignity, as the Church frequently insists... In effect, beyond the rights which man acquires by his own work, there exist rights which do not correspond to any work he performs, but which flow from his essential dignity as a person.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 11)<\/a> <strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>, rooted in a correct view of the human person, is <strong>the prime principle<\/strong> of the Catholic social doctrine.\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P5F.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1700)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_2_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_2 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/human-dignity\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Human Dignity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AdobeStock_78295544-.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AdobeStock_78295544-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AdobeStock_78295544--480x318.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-35919\" title=\"AdobeStock_78295544-\" alt=\"Two young adults with learning disabilities laugh together, calling to mind solidarity, the second of the principles of catholic social teaching\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Principle of Solidarity<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_13 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Solidarity is the fabric for authentic relationships. It is integral to Catholic social teaching\u2019s view of social and political organization. The interdependence among human beings compels people to<strong> love one another for the common good<\/strong>. Solidarity is fostered through communities that allow its members to achieve their full potential by embracing each person\u2019s rights, responsibilities, and dignity. Solidarity is central to attaining the common good.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_3_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_3 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/solidarity\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Solidarity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_14 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>The Principle of Subsidiarity<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_15 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Subsidiarity lies at the center of a stable social order; without it there can be no authentic freedom and human dignity. Subsidiarity is a prescriptive principle that informs <strong>how and at what level decisions should be made<\/strong>. Subsidiarity fosters personal responsibility which is a bedrock of individual liberty. This principle ensures that the interests of a person do not clash with the interests of society. Subsidiarity reconciles individual desires and needs with those of the common good.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_4_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_4 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/subsidiarity\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Subsidiarity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_4 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tp-antenna-503044-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tp-antenna-503044-unsplash.jpg 800w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tp-antenna-503044-unsplash-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-34539\" title=\"tp-antenna-503044-unsplash\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_14 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_5 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tp-antenna-503044-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tp-antenna-503044-unsplash.jpg 800w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tp-antenna-503044-unsplash-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-34539\" title=\"tp-antenna-503044-unsplash\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_15 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_16 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>The Principle of Subsidiarity<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_17 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Subsidiarity lies at the center of a stable social order; without it there can be no authentic freedom and human dignity. Subsidiarity is a prescriptive principle that informs <strong>how and at what level decisions should be made<\/strong>. Subsidiarity fosters personal responsibility which is a bedrock of individual liberty. This principle ensures that the interests of a person do not clash with the interests of society. Subsidiarity reconciles individual desires and needs with those of the common good.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_5_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_5 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/subsidiarity\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Subsidiarity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_6 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_16 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_18 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Catholic Social Teaching Principles have Significant Impact<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_19 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Human dignity <\/strong>is the central principle of Catholic social teaching. <strong><strong>Subsidiarity<\/strong> and <strong>solidarity<\/strong> <\/strong>flow from human dignity. <strong>These <strong>three principles work together<\/strong> <\/strong>to define the common good.<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_11 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_17 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_20 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><strong>Human Dignity<\/strong> is the prime principle of Catholic social teaching. It recognizes that man is made in God\u2019s image and likeness. It is this that makes every human life sacred.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Solidarity<\/strong> flows from human dignity in that it \u201cconsists in the very fact that in God and with God I love even persons I do not like or even know.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 18)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Subsidiarity<\/strong> flows from human dignity in that it recognizes \u201cin the person a subject who is always capable of giving something to others.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 16)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_12 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_18 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_21 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Practice of the Principles in <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Community<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_22 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catholic social teaching also states that <strong>human beings are not only sacred, but social<\/strong>. Through social participation, the value and dignity of human life is cultivated. This gives families and social institutions <\/span>an<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> important role; one that is not always supported by society.\u00a0In fact, the case can be made that these are undermined leading to a loss of human dignity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where both subsidiarity and solidarity come into play. Both these principles are needed to <strong>guide social policies<\/strong>\u00a0which advance\u00a0the common good. It is the responsibility of society to promote these three principles because they protect human rights and <strong>encourage the common good<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_6_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_6 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/the-common-good\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about the Common Good<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_13 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_19 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_23 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Practice of the Principles in <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Culture<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_24 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span>Pope St. John Paul II established the need to maintain vibrant and critical interaction among economics, culture, and politics, emphasizing that of these \u2013\u00a0<\/span><strong>culture is the most important<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_7_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_7 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/culture\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Culture<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_14 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_20 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_25 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Practice of the Principles in <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Economics<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_26 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Catholic social teaching also recognizes <strong>the dignity of work<\/strong> as well as why <strong>the economy must serve people<\/strong>; not vice versa. Work is therefore more than a means to an end; it is participating in God\u2019s creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_8_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_8 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/economics\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Economics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_15 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_21 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_27 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Practice of the Principles in <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Politics<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_28 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span>Participation in politics is a Christian obligation<\/span>.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181208_messaggio-52giornatamondiale-pace2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope Francis)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\"The Church wishes to help form consciences in political life and to stimulate greater insight into the authentic\u00a0requirements of justice as well as greater readiness to act accordingly.\"<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20051225_deus-caritas-est.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 28)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_9_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_9 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/politics\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more about Politics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_7 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_16 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_22 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_video_1 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3 Principles that Can Change the World\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/27vU6wLXhFI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_8 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_17 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_23 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_29 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Solidarity vs. Subsidiarity<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_30 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In actuality, solidarity and subsidiarity <strong>go hand-in-hand<\/strong> with the recognition of human dignity at the core of Catholic social teaching. Only in marrying these principles can either be realized.\u00a0The <strong>principles<\/strong> <strong>of<\/strong> <strong>Solidarity and Subsidiarity<\/strong>, resulting from over a century of magisterial reflection in major encyclicals on politics, economics and culture, are occasionally presented as independent of each other or even, at times, in conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, these foundational principles of Catholic social teaching <strong>are both offspring of the prime principle<\/strong>, <strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>. Both are born in and are expressions of Human Dignity, and both are absolutely central to\u00a0Catholic social teaching.<\/p>\n<p>The case for Solidarity deriving from Human Dignity may appear easier to grasp than that for Subsidiarity. In fact, Subsidiarity does flow from Human Dignity: \"undoubtedly the principle of subsidiarity [is] an expression of inalienable human freedom. Subsidiarity is first and foremost a form of assistance to the human person\u201d which \u201crespects personal dignity by recognizing in the person a subject who is always capable of giving something to others.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 57)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Any debate over the primacy of one of these principles over the other has been settled by Pope Benedict XVI who told us:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_18 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_24 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_31 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><em>\u201c\u200bThe principle of subsidiarity must remain closely linked to the principle of solidarity and vice versa.\u200b<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Subsidiarity without solidarity leads to \"social privatism\".<\/li>\n<li>Solidarity without subsidiarity leads to a \"demeaning\" and \"paternalist\" form of social assistance.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caritas in Veritate, 58<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_19 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_25 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_1 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more\"><h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read more<\/h5><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">And, as Pope Francis said, \u201cA <strong>diversity in solidarity<\/strong> possesses \u201cantibodies\u201d that ensure that the singularity of each person \u2014 which is a gift, unique and unrepeatable \u2014 does not become sick with individualism, with selfishness. Diversity in solidarity also possesses antibodies that heal social structures and processes that have degenerated into systems of injustice, systems of oppression.\u201d<sup>\u00a0<\/sup><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200902_udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(General Audience, September 2, 2020)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_9 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_20 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_26 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_32 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>The Spiritual Dimensions of <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Solidarity &amp; Subsidiarity<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_33 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In a piercing insight, Pope Benedict XVI pointed out that \u201c<strong>the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity<\/strong>\u2026have the potential to place men and women on <strong>the path to<\/strong> discovering <strong>their supernatural destiny<\/strong>.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"True solidarity\" he said, \"begins with an acknowledgment of the equal worth of the other\" and \u201ccomes to fulfillment only when I willingly place my life at the service of others.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Similarly, subsidiarity\u2026manifests a 'vertical' dimension pointing towards the Creator of the social order. A society that honors the principle of subsidiarity liberates people\u2026granting them the freedom to engage with one another in the spheres of commerce, politics and culture\u2026they leave space for individual responsibility and initiative, but most importantly, they leave space for love.\"<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2008\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080503_social-sciences.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Address to the Pontifical Council on Social Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_27 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_6 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/art-beautiful-catholic-2079661.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/art-beautiful-catholic-2079661.jpg 800w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/art-beautiful-catholic-2079661-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/art-beautiful-catholic-2079661-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" class=\"wp-image-34536\" title=\"art-beautiful-catholic-2079661\" alt=\"a mural of Jesus\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_21 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_28 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_7 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/art-beautiful-catholic-2079661.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/art-beautiful-catholic-2079661.jpg 800w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/art-beautiful-catholic-2079661-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/art-beautiful-catholic-2079661-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" class=\"wp-image-34536\" title=\"art-beautiful-catholic-2079661\" alt=\"a mural of Jesus\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_29 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_34 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>The Spiritual Dimensions of <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Solidarity &amp; Subsidiarity<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_35 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In a piercing insight, Pope Benedict XVI pointed out that \u201c<strong>the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity<\/strong>\u2026have the potential to place men and women on <strong>the path to<\/strong> discovering <strong>their supernatural destiny<\/strong>.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"True solidarity\" he said, \"begins with an acknowledgment of the equal worth of the other\" and \u201ccomes to fulfillment only when I willingly place my life at the service of others.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Similarly, subsidiarity\u2026manifests a 'vertical' dimension pointing towards the Creator of the social order. A society that honors the principle of subsidiarity liberates people\u2026granting them the freedom to engage with one another in the spheres of commerce, politics and culture\u2026they leave space for individual responsibility and initiative, but most importantly, they leave space for love.\"<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2008\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080503_social-sciences.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Address to the Pontifical Council on Social Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_10 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_22 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_30 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_31 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image et_pb_module et_block_module three-principles\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_0 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-0\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40570 wp-image-33298\" alt=\"Three circles containing symbols of the three principles of catholic social teaching: human dignity, subsidiarity, and solidarity.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-principles\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Three Key Principles<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Catholic social teaching is built on three foundational principles -<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Solidarity\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Subsidiarity.\u00a0<\/strong>Human Dignity, embodied in a correct understanding of the human person, is the greatest. The others flow from it. Good governments and good economic systems find ways of fostering the three principles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_1 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-1\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-Dignity.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-Dignity.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-Dignity-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40567\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/human-dignity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Human Dignity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">This means a correct understanding of the human person and of each person\u2019s unique value. All Catholic social teaching flows from this: the inherent dignity of every person that comes from being made in God\u2019s image.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_2 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-2\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Solidarity.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Solidarity.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Solidarity-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40568\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/solidarity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Solidarity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Solidarity is not \u201ca feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others. It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a> Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_3 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-3\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Subsidiarity.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Subsidiarity.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Subsidiarity-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40569\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/subsidiarity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Subsidiarity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Subsidiarity \u201cis a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry. 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