{"id":47009,"date":"2022-07-26T18:59:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T18:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/?page_id=47009"},"modified":"2026-08-18T23:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:13:33","slug":"dignity-of-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/dignity-of-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Dignity of Work"},"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=\"http:\/\/dignity-of-work\/#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 mosaic_width\">\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 classic_socialism\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><span style=\"text-align: left; color: #054368;\">Dignity of Work<\/span><\/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-3_grid\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item2 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Work has its Origins in the Divine Plan<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item3 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Work Makes us Co-creators with God<\/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-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item4 grid-item_gap-fill fade-text\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item1 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-3_grid-item1_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-3_grid-item1_text\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0;\">Work is a Vocation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item4 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Work Fulfills Man<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item5 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Importance of Rerum Novarum<\/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 et_animated mosaic_width\">\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_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>\u201cWe were <strong>created<\/strong> <strong>with a vocation to work<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 128<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>\"[W]ork is\u00a0a <em>key<\/em>,\u00a0probably\u00a0<em>the essential key<\/em>,\u00a0to the whole social question\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 3<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>\u201c[T]he door to the dignity of a man is work.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/october\/documents\/20221008-fondaz-centesimusannus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/h5>\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\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 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_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\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\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span> Find What You're Looking For <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_9 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><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/dignity-of-work\/#divineorigins\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Divine Plan<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/dignity-of-work\/#wemustwork\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>We Need to Work<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/dignity-of-work\/#importance\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Importance of Work<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/dignity-of-work\/#society\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Society Needs Our Work<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 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 bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/dignity-of-work\/#God\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Collaborating with God<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/dignity-of-work\/#cst\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>At the Heart of Catholic Social Teaching<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/dignity-of-work\/#rerumnovarum\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rerum Novarum Set the Stage<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/dignity-of-work\/#jp2\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Pope St. John Paul II's Teaching<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_5 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\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=\"\/category\/all-articles\/dignity-of-work\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Dignity of Work Articles<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_6 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"divineorigins\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 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_11 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The Divine Plan<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\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\"><h5><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>Work<\/strong> constitutes a <strong>fundamental dimension<\/strong> of <strong>man's existence<\/strong> on earth.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope St. John Paul II, 4<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_7 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"adamant\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 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_13 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><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"In the divine plan [work] retains its value, unaltered.\"<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/homilies\/2006\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060319_lavoratori.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[W]hen a man works\u2026he goes outside of himself and beyond himself. Rightly understood this kind of growth is of greater value than any external riches which can be garnered.\"<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 35)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<strong>[T]here is nothing to be ashamed of in<\/strong> <strong>earning their bread by labor<\/strong>.\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIII, 23)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"[M]an expresses and fulfils himself by working\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 6)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"The sources of the dignity of work are to be sought primarily in the subjective dimension, not in the objective one.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 6)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/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_9 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\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\/2022\/07\/The-First-Work-of-Adam-and-Eve-artwork-by-Alonso-Cano.jpg\" width=\"791\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-First-Work-of-Adam-and-Eve-artwork-by-Alonso-Cano.jpg 791w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-First-Work-of-Adam-and-Eve-artwork-by-Alonso-Cano-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 791px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47047\" title=\"Cano, Alonso, 1601-1667; The First Labours of Adam and Eve\" alt=\"The dignity of work comes from God, as shown in the Bible beginning with Adam and Eve.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\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\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Divine Origin of Work\u2019s Dignity<\/h2>\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\"><h5>\u201c[O]ne thing is certain: <strong>human activity<\/strong>, individual and collective\u2026<strong>corresponds to the purpose of God<\/strong>.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 25<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\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\"><p>\"[T]he Bible shows that <strong>work<\/strong> <strong>is one of the original conditions of the human being<\/strong>.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/homilies\/2006\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060319_lavoratori.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"God blessed them, and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.\" (Gen 1:28) And, \"the domination of man over the earth is realized in work and through work\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 5)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Christ Himself, who\u2026 being the Son of God, and God Himself, \u2026did not disdain to spend a great part of His life as a carpenter\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIII, 23)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"'Man, created in the image of God, has in fact received the mission to subjugate the earth'\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)\u200b<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\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 bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"The first chapter of Genesis \u201cteaches that, through his work, man must imitate God, his Creator\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 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\/2022\/08\/A-female-mechanic-at-work.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-female-mechanic-at-work.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-female-mechanic-at-work-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47104\" title=\"A female mechanic at work\" alt=\"Jesus sanctified work by His earth life, specifically His hidden life in Nazareth as a carpenter.\" \/><\/span><\/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\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Basis of Work's Dignity<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\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\"><h5><strong>Jesus<\/strong>,<strong> by his life as a worker,<\/strong> \u201c<strong>sanctified human labor<\/strong> and endowed it with a special significance\u201d.<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laudato Si', 98<\/a><\/h5>\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\"><p>\"[T]he first chapter of <strong>Genesis<\/strong>, <strong>is\u2026<\/strong><em><strong>in a certain sense the first<\/strong> '<strong>gospel of work<\/strong>'<\/em>. It shows in fact in what [man\u2019s] dignity consists\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)\u200b<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"Jesus worked with his hands\u2026It is striking that most of his life was dedicated to this task\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 98)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>Labor\u2026is not a mere commodity.<\/strong> On the contrary, the worker's human dignity in it must be recognized.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 83)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he basis for determining the value of human work is not primarily the kind of work being done but the fact that the one who is doing it is a person.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 6)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_2 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"The Son of God, by making himself like us in all things, dedicated himself for many years to manual activities\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/homilies\/2006\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060319_lavoratori.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christ \"devoted most of the years of his life on earth to manual work at the carpenter's bench.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 6)\u200b<\/a><\/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 mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 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_divider_2 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/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 mosaic_width\" id=\"wemustwork\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_11 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_13 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 et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">We Must Work!<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\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\"><h5>\u201c[M]an is born to labor as the bird to fly\u201d.<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Pius XI, 61<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_11 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_12 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated mosaic_width\">\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 ds-vertical-align\">\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\/2022\/07\/An-engineer-inspects-parts-of-a-machine.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/An-engineer-inspects-parts-of-a-machine.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/An-engineer-inspects-parts-of-a-machine-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47049\" title=\"An engineer inspects parts of a machine\" alt=\"We must work. Work has dignity because it is willed by God for the benefit of man.\" \/><\/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 ds-vertical-align\">\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\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">We Need Work<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\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\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Work \"is something willed and approved by God.\"<\/span><\/strong> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"If anyone is unwilling to work, do not let him eat.\" (2 Thessalonians 3:10)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"[T]he human person must indeed work\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/angelus\/2010\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_ang_20100718.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"The pursuit of life's necessities is quite legitimate; hence we are duty-bound to do the work which enables us to obtain them.\" <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 18)<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_12 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_13 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_24 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>\u201c<strong>Work is a necessity<\/strong>, part of the meaning of life on this earth\u201d.<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 128<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_13 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"importance\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_14 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_17 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_25 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Importance of Work<\/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\"><h5><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201c<strong>Work is of fundamental importance<\/strong> to the fulfilment of the human being and to the development of society.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/homilies\/2006\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060319_lavoratori.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_27 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"For when a man\u00a0works, he not only alters things and society he develops himself as well.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Gaudium et Spes, 35)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"[T]here is no poverty worse than that which takes away work and the dignity of work\".\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>Through work man \"achieves fulfilment as a human being<\/strong> and\u2026becomes 'more a human being'\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 9)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"Every worker is, to some extent, a creator\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 27)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_3 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Here\u2026is the rule of human activity: that it serve the authentic good of humanity, in accordance with the plan and will of God, and that it enables man\u2026to develop and realize his vocation in all its fullness\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_18 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_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\/2022\/08\/Nurse-examines-a-patients-blood-pressure.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Nurse-examines-a-patients-blood-pressure.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Nurse-examines-a-patients-blood-pressure-480x327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47090\" title=\"Nurse examines a patient&#039;s blood pressure\" alt=\"Work is very important to our fulfillment as people. Work has dignity just as we do.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_15 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_19 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_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\/2022\/08\/Nurse-examines-a-patients-blood-pressure.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Nurse-examines-a-patients-blood-pressure.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Nurse-examines-a-patients-blood-pressure-480x327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47090\" title=\"Nurse examines a patient&#039;s blood pressure\" alt=\"Work is very important to our fulfillment as people. Work has dignity just as we do.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_20 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_28 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Importance of Work<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\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\"><h5><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201c<strong>Work is of fundamental importance<\/strong> to the fulfilment of the human being and to the development of society.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/homilies\/2006\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060319_lavoratori.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\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 bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"For when a man\u00a0works, he not only alters things and society he develops himself as well.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Gaudium et Spes, 35)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"[T]here is no poverty worse than that which takes away work and the dignity of work\".\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>Through work man \"achieves fulfilment as a human being<\/strong> and\u2026becomes 'more a human being'\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 9)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"Every worker is, to some extent, a creator\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 27)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_4 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Here\u2026is the rule of human activity: that it serve the authentic good of humanity, in accordance with the plan and will of God, and that it enables man\u2026to develop and realize his vocation in all its fullness\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_14 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_16 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_21 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_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\/2022\/07\/Two-construction-workers-pose-for-a-photo.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-construction-workers-pose-for-a-photo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-construction-workers-pose-for-a-photo-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47051\" title=\"Two construction workers pose for a photo\" alt=\"When I work, I develop myself.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_22 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_31 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;\">Work and Me<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\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\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]he very thing which is most important about work: its meaning.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 237<\/a><\/h5>\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><strong>\"Work\u2026constitutes in a certain sense [our] very nature.\"<\/strong>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/fr\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"For when a man works, he not only alters things and society he develops himself as well.\"<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 35)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Work is a\u2026path to growth, human development and personal fulfilment.\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 128)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[B]y his action, man not only transforms things and society, he perfects himself.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_5 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"Everyone should put his hand to the work which falls to his share, and that at once and straightway\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Leo XIII, 62)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The real, and potentially painful, questions will be, 'How much love did I put into my work?'\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Fratelli Tutti, 197)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Work must serve the true good of humanity\" and man must not become \"enslaved by work.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/homilies\/2006\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060319_lavoratori.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_15 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_17 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_23 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_34 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Work and Us<\/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\"><h5>\u201cBy means of his work man commits himself\u2026<em>for others<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>with others<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 43<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_36 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;\"><span>\"<strong>[W]ork is an essential dimension of social life<\/strong>\u2026the building of healthy relationships\". <\/span><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"[W]ork, by its nature, is meant to unite peoples\".<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Underlying every form of work is a concept of the relationship which we can and must have with what is other than ourselves.\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 125)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A business\u2026is also a 'society of persons'\".<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 43)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_6 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[A] person's work is naturally interrelated with the work of others\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 31)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"If we reflect on the proper relationship between human beings and the world around us, we see the need for a correct understanding of work\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 125)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The work of dominating the world calls for a union of skills and a unity of achievement that can only grow from quite a different attitude\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 219)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_24 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\/2022\/07\/Two-workers-in-a-field-harvest-fruit.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-workers-in-a-field-harvest-fruit.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-workers-in-a-field-harvest-fruit-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47050\" title=\"Two workers in a field harvest fruit\" alt=\"Work is essential to social life. Work is meant to unite peoples.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_18 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_25 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\/2022\/07\/Two-workers-in-a-field-harvest-fruit.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-workers-in-a-field-harvest-fruit.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-workers-in-a-field-harvest-fruit-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47050\" title=\"Two workers in a field harvest fruit\" alt=\"Work is essential to social life. Work is meant to unite peoples.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_26 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_37 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Work and Us<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_38 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBy means of his work man commits himself\u2026<em>for others<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>with others<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 43<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_39 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;\"><span>\"<strong>[W]ork is an essential dimension of social life<\/strong>\u2026the building of healthy relationships\". <\/span><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"[W]ork, by its nature, is meant to unite peoples\".<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Underlying every form of work is a concept of the relationship which we can and must have with what is other than ourselves.\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 125)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A business\u2026is also a 'society of persons'\".<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 43)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_7 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[A] person's work is naturally interrelated with the work of others\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 31)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"If we reflect on the proper relationship between human beings and the world around us, we see the need for a correct understanding of work\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 125)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\"The work of dominating the world calls for a union of skills and a unity of achievement that can only grow from quite a different attitude\". <a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 219)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_16 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"society\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_19 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_27 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_8 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\/2022\/07\/Buying-and-selling-at-a-farmers-market-along-a-crowded-alley-e1659630237928.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Buying-and-selling-at-a-farmers-market-along-a-crowded-alley-e1659630237928-576x551.jpg 576w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Buying-and-selling-at-a-farmers-market-along-a-crowded-alley-e1659630237928-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 576px) 576px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47052\" title=\"Buying and selling at a farmer&#039;s market along a crowded alley\" alt=\"Dignified work not only improves the person but all society.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_28 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_40 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;\">Work and Society<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_41 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>\u201cWork gives us a sense of shared responsibility for the development of the world, and ultimately, for our life as a people.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fratelli Tutti, 162<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_42 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;\"><span>\"The Christian message does not divert men from the construction of the world\u2026on the contrary, it makes it a more pressing duty for them\". <\/span><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[W]hat Leo XIII says is 'incontestable,' namely, that 'the wealth of nations originates from no other source than from the labor of workers.'\" <\/span><\/span><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 53)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The integral development of the human person through work does not impede but rather promotes the greater productivity and efficiency of work itself\".<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 43)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[T]he earth does not yield its fruits without a particular human response to God's gift, that is to say, without work.\" <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 31)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_17 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_20 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_29 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_43 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">relationship between man's freedom and God's law\u2026is manifested and realized in human acts. It is precisely through his acts that man attains perfection as man\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/veritatis-splendor\/#71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 71<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_18 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_21 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_30 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_divider_3 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_19 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"God\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_22 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_31 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_44 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">God, Man &amp; Work<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_20 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"profound-crisis\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_23 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_32 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_9 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/An-artist-paints-in-a-shop-with-other-art-displayed-behind-him.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/An-artist-paints-in-a-shop-with-other-art-displayed-behind-him.jpg 576w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/An-artist-paints-in-a-shop-with-other-art-displayed-behind-him-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 576px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47053\" title=\"An artist paints in a shop with other art displayed behind him\" alt=\"Work makes us co-creators with God.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_45 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Work Makes Man a Co-Creator with God!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_46 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through work <strong>man becomes a<\/strong> \u201c<strong>cooperator with God in the work of creation<\/strong>\u201d!<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 37<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_47 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The \"<strong>fundamental truth [is] that <em>man<\/em>, created in the image of God, <em>participates by his work in <\/em><em>the work of the Creator<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0and continues\u2026to develop and complete it\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Workers \"are entitled to see in their work an extension of the work of the Creator\u2026a personal contribution to the realization of the providential plan in history\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The awareness of participating through work in the work of creation constitutes the <em>deepest<\/em> motivation\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_8 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"The awareness that human work is a participation in the work of God must\u2026permeate even 'the <em>most daily activities<\/em>'\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_33 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_10 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-trash-collector-loads-his-truck-with-bags.jpg\" width=\"646\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-trash-collector-loads-his-truck-with-bags.jpg 646w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-trash-collector-loads-his-truck-with-bags-480x535.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 646px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47091\" title=\"A trash collector loads his truck with bags\" alt=\"Work is an opportunity to cooperate with Christ&#039;s saving work, by bearing the pain of labor in union with the cross.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_48 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Work Makes Man a Collaborator with God as Savior!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_49 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs Saint John Paul II taught, \u2018by <strong>enduring the toil of work in union with Christ crucified for us, man in a way collaborates with the Son of God<\/strong> for the redemption of humanity\u2019\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 98<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_50 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"By bearing the <strong>pain of labor<\/strong> in union with Christ crucified for us, man in some way <strong>collaborates with the Son of God in the redemption of humanity<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <strong>sweat<\/strong> and the <strong>pain<\/strong> that work necessarily entails [creates]\u2026the possibility of <strong>participating<\/strong> in love in the <strong>work<\/strong> that Christ came to accomplish\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Considered from a Christian point of view, <strong>work<\/strong> has an even loftier connotation. It <strong>is directed<\/strong> to the establishment of a <strong>supernatural order here on earth<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 28)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_34 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_11 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape position-top\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Christ-of-saint-john-of-the-cross-by-Salvador-Dali.jpg\" width=\"392\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Christ-of-saint-john-of-the-cross-by-Salvador-Dali.jpg 392w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Christ-of-saint-john-of-the-cross-by-Salvador-Dali-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" class=\"wp-image-47057\" title=\"Christ of saint john of the cross by Salvador Dali\" alt=\"Work has a deep spiritual dimension as in it we find a small part of Christ&#039;s cross.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_51 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Spirituality of Work<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_52 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn work\u2026we always find a glimmer of new life, of <em>new good<\/em>, we find something like an announcement of the \u2018new heavens and the new earth\u2019\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 27<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_53 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"<strong>In the work of man, the Christian<\/strong> <strong>finds a small part of the cross of Christ<\/strong> and accepts it in the spirit of redemption with which Christ accepted his cross for us.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 27)<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"Through pain, and never without it\u2026a new good is revealed in this cross\u2026a new good which begins with work itself, with work understood in all its depth and all its aspects\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 27)<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"This Christian spirituality of work must therefore become the common heritage of all.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Work \"confirms that the cross is indispensable in the spirituality of work\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_9 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Christians are\u2026well persuaded that the victories of the human race are a sign of divine greatness and a consequence of his ineffable plan.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_21 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_24 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_35 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_54 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMay <strong>the Christian who\u2026unites work with prayer<\/strong> know the place his work holds not only in the\u00a0earthly progress,\u00a0but also in the\u00a0<em>development of the Kingdom of God<\/em>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 27<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_22 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_25 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_36 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_divider_4 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_23 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"cst\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_26 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_37 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_55 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Work and the Foundation of Catholic Social Teaching<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_24 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"adamant\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_27 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_38 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_56 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The question of human work was a founding topic of the Church\u2019s reflections on social issues<\/strong> -- the beginning of her \u201csocial doctrine\u201d.<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_25 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"work-foundation-cst\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_28 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_39 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_12 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Factory-workers-at-work.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Factory-workers-at-work.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Factory-workers-at-work-480x318.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47032\" title=\"Factory workers at work\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIII&#039;s Rerum Novarum stressed the dignity of work and the importance of the person behind the work.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_57 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Establishing Rights and Principles<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_58 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pope Leo XIII - 1891<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_59 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPope Leo's Encyclical [is] <strong>present and alive in history<\/strong>, thus constituting what would come to be called the Church's \u2018social doctrine\u2019\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 2<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_60 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The historical uniqueness of Pope Leo XIII\u2019s Rerum Novarum lies in that it both <strong>established<\/strong> <strong>and strongly defended the Church\u2019s moral authority to promote justice in public life<\/strong> and went on to affirm those rights and principles we know so well and even take for granted -- forgetting just how radical they were in 1891, even suffering outright criticism for some decades:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">1. The dignity of the worker (and work) \u2013 as such.<br \/>2. Right to private property.<br \/>3. Right to form private and professional associations.<br \/>4. Right to a limitation of working hours.<br \/>5. Right to legitimate rest.<br \/>6. Right of women and children to be treated differently with regard to type and duration of work.<br \/>7. Right to a just wage.<br \/>8. Right to freely discharge one\u2019s religious duties.<br \/>9. Established that the state should \u201cspecially care for and protect\u201d the defenseless and the poor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_40 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_13 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-union-of-workers-goes-on-strike-and-protests-outside-employer.jpg\" width=\"477\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-union-of-workers-goes-on-strike-and-protests-outside-employer.jpg 477w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-union-of-workers-goes-on-strike-and-protests-outside-employer-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" class=\"wp-image-47094\" title=\"A union of workers goes on strike and protests outside employer\" alt=\"Pope St. John Paul II that the dignity of work requires work meet basic needs such as skills improvement and economic stability.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_61 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Establishing the Right to Work<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_62 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pope St. John Paul II - 1991<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe obligation to earn one's bread by the sweat of one's brow also presumes the right to do so.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centesimus Annus, 43<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_63 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope St. John Paul II establishes <strong>the right to work<\/strong> (and from that work to support oneself and one\u2019s dependents). <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 47)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope St. John Paul II also pointed out that integral human development can only occur in the workplace when there are guarantees of basic needs, and an environment conducive to development, including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li>Political and economic stability<\/li>\n<li>The certainty of better prospects for the future<\/li>\n<li>Improvement of workers\u2019 skills<\/li>\n<li>Training of competent business leaders who are conscious of their responsibilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 47)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_41 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_14 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape position-top\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-chefs-preparing-food-in-a-restuarant-or-shop-kitchen.jpg\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-chefs-preparing-food-in-a-restuarant-or-shop-kitchen.jpg 648w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-chefs-preparing-food-in-a-restuarant-or-shop-kitchen-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 648px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47034\" title=\"Two chefs preparing food in a restuarant or shop kitchen\" alt=\"The dignity of work means decent work. It is freely chosen, respectful, meets a family&#039;s needs, and permits free organization of workers.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_64 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Defining \u201cDecent\u201d Work<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_65 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pope Benedict XVI - 2009<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_66 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pope Benedict XVI outlined seven defining principles of <strong>what<\/strong> \u201c<strong>decent<\/strong>\u201d <strong>work<\/strong> <strong>is<\/strong>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Caritas in Veritate, 63)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">1. It expresses one\u2019s essential dignity.<br \/>2. It is freely chosen.<br \/>3. It enables respect and freedom from discrimination.<br \/>4. It allows families to meet their needs and provide for their children\u2019s education.<br \/>5. It permits free organization of workers.<br \/>6. It \"leaves enough room for rediscovering one\u2019s roots at a personal, familial and spiritual level\".<br \/>7. It guarantees retirees \"decent standard of living.\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_26 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_29 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_42 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_divider_5 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_27 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"rerumnovarum\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_30 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_43 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_67 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Why Rerum Novarum is Seminal<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_68 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201c[I]t cannot be rash to say that <strong>Leo\u2019s Encyclical<\/strong> has proved itself <strong>the Magna Charta<\/strong> upon which all Christian activity in the social field ought to be based, as on <strong>a foundation<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope Pius XI, 39<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_28 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_31 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_44 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_69 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Pius XI - 1931<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_70 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope Pius XI, in his great social encyclical, <em>Quadragesimo Anno<\/em>, mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>56 times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_71 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"[T]he teaching of Leo XIII, so noble and lofty and so utterly new\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 14)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>We cannot refrain\u2026from offering our fullest gratitude to Almighty God<\/strong> for the immense benefits that have come through Leo\u2019s Encyclical to the Church and to human society.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 16)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[W]ith Leo\u2019s Encyclical pointing the way and furnishing the light, a true Catholic social science has arisen.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 20)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Catholic principles on the social question have as a result [of Leo\u2019s work], passed little by little into the patrimony of all human society\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 21)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_10 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"[A]s Leo\u2019s teachings were being widely diffused in the minds of men\u2026they have come to be put into practice.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 23)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The rules, therefore, which Leo XIII issued in virtue of his authority, deserve the greatest praise\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 31)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]hose who would seem to hold in little esteem this Papal Encyclical and its commemoration either blaspheme what they know not or understand nothing of what they are only superficially acquainted with, or if they do understand convict themselves formally of injustice and ingratitude.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 39)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>[T]he teaching of Leo XIII\u2026 boldly attacked and overturned the idols of Liberalism<\/strong>, ignored long-standing prejudices, and was in advance of its time beyond all expectation\u2026There were some also who stood, indeed, in awe at its splendor, but regarded it as a kind of imaginary ideal of perfection more desirable then attainable.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 14)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"With regard to civil authority, Leo XIII, boldly breaking through the confines imposed by Liberalism, fearlessly taught that government\u2026must put forth every effort so that \u2018through the entire scheme of laws and institutions . . . both public and individual well-being may develop spontaneously out of the very structure and administration of the State.'\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Sacred ministers of the Church, thoroughly imbued with Leo\u2019s teaching\u2026have resolutely demanded and promoted its enforcement.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The rules, therefore, which Leo XIII issued in virtue of his authority\u2026have even a higher claim to distinction in that they encouraged Christian workers to found mutual associations\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 31)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_45 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_15 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\/2022\/08\/Pope-Pius-XI-colorized-photo.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pope-Pius-XI-colorized-photo.jpg 512w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pope-Pius-XI-colorized-photo-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 512px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47095\" title=\"Pope Pius XI-colorized photo\" alt=\"Pope Pius XI continued what Pope Leo XIII began regarding the dignity of work, constantly referring to Rerum Novarum.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_32 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_46 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_16 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\/2022\/08\/Pope-Pius-XI-colorized-photo.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pope-Pius-XI-colorized-photo.jpg 512w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pope-Pius-XI-colorized-photo-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 512px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47095\" title=\"Pope Pius XI-colorized photo\" alt=\"Pope Pius XI continued what Pope Leo XIII began regarding the dignity of work, constantly referring to Rerum Novarum.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_47 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_72 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Pius XI - 1931<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_73 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope Pius XI, in his great social encyclical, <em>Quadragesimo Anno<\/em>, mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>56 times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_74 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"<strong>[T]he teaching of Leo XIII<\/strong>, <strong>so noble and lofty and so utterly new<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 14)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"We cannot refrain\u2026from offering our fullest gratitude to Almighty God for the immense benefits that have come through Leo\u2019s Encyclical to the Church and to human society.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 16)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[W]ith Leo\u2019s Encyclical pointing the way and furnishing the light, a true Catholic social science has arisen.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 20)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Catholic principles on the social question have as a result [of Leo\u2019s work], passed little by little into the patrimony of all human society\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 21)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_11 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"[A]s Leo\u2019s teachings were being widely diffused in the minds of men\u2026they have come to be put into practice.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 23)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The rules, therefore, which Leo XIII issued in virtue of his authority, deserve the greatest praise\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 31)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]hose who would seem to hold in little esteem this Papal Encyclical and its commemoration either blaspheme what they know not or understand nothing of what they are only superficially acquainted with, or if they do understand convict themselves formally of injustice and ingratitude.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 39)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>[T]he teaching of Leo XIII\u2026 boldly attacked and overturned the idols of Liberalism<\/strong>, ignored long-standing prejudices, and was in advance of its time beyond all expectation\u2026There were some also who stood, indeed, in awe at its splendor, but regarded it as a kind of imaginary ideal of perfection more desirable then attainable.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 14)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"With regard to civil authority, Leo XIII, boldly breaking through the confines imposed by Liberalism, fearlessly taught that government\u2026must put forth every effort so that \u2018through the entire scheme of laws and institutions . . . both public and individual well-being may develop spontaneously out of the very structure and administration of the State.'\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Sacred ministers of the Church, thoroughly imbued with Leo\u2019s teaching\u2026have resolutely demanded and promoted its enforcement.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The rules, therefore, which Leo XIII issued in virtue of his authority\u2026have even a higher claim to distinction in that they encouraged Christian workers to found mutual associations\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 31)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_29 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_33 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_48 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_17 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\/2022\/07\/Pope-Pius-XII.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pope-Pius-XII.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pope-Pius-XII-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-47031\" title=\"Pope Pius XII\" alt=\"Pope Pius XII urged Catholics to look to the CHurch&#039;s guidance in Rerum Novarum as to the dignity of work and the dignity of the person.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_49 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_75 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;\">Pope Pius XII - 1941<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_76 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 50th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope Pius XII, in his radio address delivered in the midst of World War II, mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>21 times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_77 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope Pius XII <strong>called \"to the attention of the Catholic world<\/strong> a memory worthy of being written in letters of gold on the Church's Calendar: the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the epoch-making social encyclical of Leo XIII, <em>Rerum Novarum<\/em>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xii\/it\/speeches\/1941\/documents\/hf_p-xii_spe_19410601_radiomessage-pentecost.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XII)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Pius XII went on \"to render to Almighty God from the bottom of Our heart, Our humble thanks for the gift, which... He bestowed on the Church in that encyclical\u2026and to praise Him for the lifegiving breath of the Spirit which through it, in ever-growing measure from that time on, has blown on all mankind.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xii\/it\/speeches\/1941\/documents\/hf_p-xii_spe_19410601_radiomessage-pentecost.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XII)<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_30 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_34 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_50 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_78 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope St. John XXIII - 1961<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_79 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope St. John XXIII, in his great social encyclical, <em>Mater et Magistra<\/em>, mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>28 times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_80 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"<strong>Seldom have the words of a Pontiff met with such<\/strong> <strong>universal acclaim<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he Leonine encyclical is rightly regarded\u2026as the Magna Charta of social and economic reconstruction.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Beyond any shadow of doubt, his directives and appeals have established for themselves a position of such high importance that they will never, surely, sink into oblivion.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he Leonine encyclical enunciated those general principles of rightness and equity which have been assimilated into the social legislation of many a modern State\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 21)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_12 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"They opened out new horizons for the activity of the universal Church, and the Supreme Shepherd\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The impact of this remarkable encyclical is still with us even today, so many years after it was written.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 9)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"In the weight and scope of his arguments, and in the forcefulness of their expression, Pope Leo XIII can have but few rivals.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"It is discernible in the writings of the Popes who succeeded Pope Leo. In their social and economic teaching they have frequent recourse to the Leonine Encyclical, either to draw inspiration from it and clarify its application, or to find in it a stimulus to Catholic action. It is discernible too in the subsequent legislation of a number of States. What further proof need we of the permanent validity of the solidly grounded principles, practical directives and fatherly appeals contained in this masterly encyclical? It also suggests new and vital criteria by which men can judge the magnitude of the social question as it presents itself today and decide on the course of action they must take.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 10)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_51 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_18 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\/2020\/10\/Pope_John_XXIII_crop.jpg\" width=\"1120\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_John_XXIII_crop.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_John_XXIII_crop-980x700.jpg 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_John_XXIII_crop-480x343.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1120px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-39199\" title=\"Pope_John_XXIII_crop\" alt=\"Pope John XXIII also referred to Rerum Novarum as the Magna Charta, having guided policy and cultural attitudes on the dignity of work for generations.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_35 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_52 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_19 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\/2020\/10\/Pope_John_XXIII_crop.jpg\" width=\"1120\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_John_XXIII_crop.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_John_XXIII_crop-980x700.jpg 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_John_XXIII_crop-480x343.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1120px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-39199\" title=\"Pope_John_XXIII_crop\" alt=\"Pope John XXIII also referred to Rerum Novarum as the Magna Charta, having guided policy and cultural attitudes on the dignity of work for generations.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_53 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_81 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope St. John XXIII - 1961<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_82 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope St. John XXIII, in his great social encyclical, <em>Mater et Magistra<\/em>, mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>28 times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_83 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"<strong>Seldom have the words of a Pontiff met with such universal acclaim<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he Leonine encyclical is rightly regarded\u2026as the Magna Charta of social and economic reconstruction.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Beyond any shadow of doubt, his directives and appeals have established for themselves a position of such high importance that they will never, surely, sink into oblivion.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he Leonine encyclical enunciated those general principles of rightness and equity which have been assimilated into the social legislation of many a modern State\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 21)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_13 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"They opened out new horizons for the activity of the universal Church, and the Supreme Shepherd\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The impact of this remarkable encyclical is still with us even today, so many years after it was written.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 9)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"In the weight and scope of his arguments, and in the forcefulness of their expression, Pope Leo XIII can have but few rivals.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"It is discernible in the writings of the Popes who succeeded Pope Leo. In their social and economic teaching they have frequent recourse to the Leonine Encyclical, either to draw inspiration from it and clarify its application, or to find in it a stimulus to Catholic action. It is discernible too in the subsequent legislation of a number of States. What further proof need we of the permanent validity of the solidly grounded principles, practical directives and fatherly appeals contained in this masterly encyclical? It also suggests new and vital criteria by which men can judge the magnitude of the social question as it presents itself today and decide on the course of action they must take.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 10)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_31 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_36 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_54 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_20 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\/2020\/10\/pope-paul-vi.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pope-paul-vi.jpg 700w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pope-paul-vi-480x343.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-39175\" title=\"pope paul vi\" alt=\"Pope Paul VI commemorated Rerum Novarum and championed the dignity of work 80 years after Pope Leo XIII.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_55 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_84 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;\">Pope St. Paul VI - 1971<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_85 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 80th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope St. Paul VI, in his Apostolic Letter,\u00a0<em>Octogesima Adveniens<\/em>, mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>6\u00a0times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_86 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>On this \"historic date of the message of Pope Leo XIII on 'the condition of the workers'\u2026it is an honor and joy for us to celebrate today the anniversary of that message.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/octogesima-adveniens\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Octogesima Adveniens, 4)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The eightieth anniversary of the publication of the encyclical <strong>Rerum Novarum<\/strong>, <strong>the message of which continues to inspire action for social justice<\/strong>, prompts us to take up again and to extend the teaching of our predecessors, in response to the new needs of a changing world.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/octogesima-adveniens\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Octogesima Adveniens, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_32 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"jp2\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_37 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_56 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_87 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope St. John Paul II - 1981<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_88 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope St. John Paul II, in his great social encyclical, <em>Laborem Exercens<\/em>,\u00a0mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>17 times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_89 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"Human Work on the Ninetieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum - Since 15 May of the present year was the ninetieth anniversary of the publication by\u2026Leo XIII, of the <strong>decisively important Encyclical<\/strong> which begins with the words Rerum Novarum, I wish to devote this document to human work\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he complex and many-sided social question - <em>the<\/em> <em>question of human work<\/em> [began]\u2026 with the Encyclical <em>Rerum Novarum<\/em>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The experiences preceding and following the publication of the Encyclical <em>Rerum<\/em> Novarum form a background that endows that teaching with particular expressiveness and the eloquence of living relevance.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 11)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_57 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_21 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\/johnpaulii-cropped.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/johnpaulii-cropped.jpg 800w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/johnpaulii-cropped-480x421.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-34590\" title=\"johnpaulii-cropped\" alt=\"In 1981 Pope St. John Paul II echoed Rerum Novarum and stressed the dignity of work among the rapidly changing technological landscape..\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_38 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_58 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_22 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\/johnpaulii-cropped.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/johnpaulii-cropped.jpg 800w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/johnpaulii-cropped-480x421.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-34590\" title=\"johnpaulii-cropped\" alt=\"In 1981 Pope St. John Paul II echoed Rerum Novarum and stressed the dignity of work among the rapidly changing technological landscape..\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_59 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_90 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope St. John Paul II - 1981<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_91 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope St. John Paul II, in his great social encyclical, <em>Laborem Exercens<\/em>,\u00a0mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>17 times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_92 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"Human Work on the Ninetieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum - Since 15 May of the present year was the ninetieth anniversary of the publication by\u2026Leo XIII, of the <strong>decisively important Encyclical<\/strong> which begins with the words Rerum Novarum, I wish to devote this document to human work\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he complex and many-sided social question - <em>the<\/em> <em>question of human work<\/em> [began]\u2026 with the Encyclical <em>Rerum Novarum<\/em>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The experiences preceding and following the publication of the Encyclical <em>Rerum<\/em> Novarum form a background that endows that teaching with particular expressiveness and the eloquence of living relevance.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 11)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_33 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_39 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_60 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_23 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\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-21-at-8.38.16-PM.png\" width=\"662\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-21-at-8.38.16-PM.png 662w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-21-at-8.38.16-PM-480x287.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 662px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-32000\" title=\"Pope St. John Paul II addresses CAPP\" alt=\"With his own seminal encyclical, Centesimus Annus, Pope St. John Paul II brought the dignity of work, and Rerum Novarum once again into the spotlight as the world needed it.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_61 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_93 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;\">Pope St. John Paul II - 1991<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_94 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum Pope St. John Paul II, in his great social encyclical, <em>Centesimus Annus<\/em>, mentions Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum <strong>55\u00a0times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_95 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"<strong>Pope Leo XIII\u2026created a lasting paradigm for the Church.<\/strong>\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 5)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The Centenary of the promulgation\u2026is an occasion of great importance for the present history of the Church and for my own Pontificate.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]his doctrine is still suitable for indicating the right way to respond to the great challenges of today\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 5)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he historical picture and the prognosis which it [Rerum Novarum] suggests have proved to be surprisingly accurate in the light of what has happened since then.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 12)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_14 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Rerum novarum gave the Church 'citizenship status' as it were, amid the changing realities of public life\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 5)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The present Encyclical [Centesimus Annus] seeks to show the fruitfulness of the principles enunciated by Leo XIII, which belong to the Church's doctrinal patrimony and, as such, involve the exercise of her teaching authority.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rerum Novarum \"is an Encyclical that has the distinction of having been commemorated by solemn Papal documents from its fortieth anniversary to its ninetieth. It may be said that its path through history has been marked by other documents which paid tribute to it and applied it to the circumstances of the day.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>Pope Leo foresaw the negative consequences<\/strong> \u2014 political, social and economic \u2014 of the social order proposed by 'socialism' which at that time was still only a social philosophy and not yet a fully structured movement\u2026By defining the nature of the socialism of his day as the suppression of private property, Leo XIII arrived at the crux of the problem.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 12)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Reading the Encyclical\u2026we see how it points essentially to the socio-economic consequences of an error which\u2026consists in an understanding of human freedom which detaches it from obedience to the truth, and consequently from the duty to respect the rights of others. The essence of freedom then becomes self-love carried to the point of contempt for God and neighbor, a self-love which leads to an unbridled affirmation of self-interest, and which refuses to be limited by any demand of justice.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 17)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"In Rerum novarum, Leo XIII strongly affirmed the natural character of the right to private property\u2026The Successors of Leo XIII have repeated this twofold affirmation: the necessity and therefore the legitimacy of private ownership, as well as the limits which are imposed on it\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 30)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"In Third World contexts, certain objectives stated by Rerum novarum remain valid, and, in some cases, still constitute a goal yet to be reached\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 34)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_34 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"catholicpoliticians\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_40 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_62 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_96 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Francis - 2020<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_97 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>Pope Francis acknowledges Leo\u2019s insight on the essential importance of work when he says in Fratelli Tutti<\/span><span>:<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_98 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The <strong>biggest issue is employment<\/strong>\u2026to provide everyone with the opportunity to nurture the seeds that God has planted in each of us\".<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"This is the finest help we can give to the poor, the best path to a life of dignity\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Work gives us a sense of shared responsibility for the development of the world, and ultimately, for our life as a people.\" <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We can aspire to a world that provides\u2026<strong>work for all<\/strong>. This is the<strong> true path of peace<\/strong>\". <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Fratelli Tutti, 127)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_15 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"<span>[W]ork is an essential dimension of social life, for it is not only a means of earning one\u2019s daily bread, but also of personal growth, the building of healthy relationships,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"m_-6466290511231564172GramE\">self-expression<\/span><span>\u00a0and the exchange of gifts.<\/span>\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_63 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_24 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\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop.jpg\" width=\"1614\" height=\"1150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-1280x912.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-980x698.jpg 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-480x342.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1614px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-39110\" title=\"Pope_Francis_grid-crop\" alt=\"In 1981 Pope St. John Paul II echoed Rerum Novarum and stressed the dignity of work among the rapidly changing technological landscape..\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_41 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_64 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_25 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\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop.jpg\" width=\"1614\" height=\"1150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-1280x912.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-980x698.jpg 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-480x342.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1614px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-39110\" title=\"Pope_Francis_grid-crop\" alt=\"In 1981 Pope St. John Paul II echoed Rerum Novarum and stressed the dignity of work among the rapidly changing technological landscape..\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_65 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_99 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Francis - 2020<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_100 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>Pope Francis acknowledges Leo\u2019s insight on the essential importance of work when he says in Fratelli Tutti<\/span><span>:<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_101 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The <strong>biggest issue is employment<\/strong>\u2026to provide everyone with the opportunity to nurture the seeds that God has planted in each of us\".<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"This is the finest help we can give to the poor, the best path to a life of dignity\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Work gives us a sense of shared responsibility for the development of the world, and ultimately, for our life as a people.\" <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We can aspire to a world that provides\u2026<strong>work for all<\/strong>. This is the<strong> true path of peace<\/strong>\". <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Fratelli Tutti, 127)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_16 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"<span>[W]ork is an essential dimension of social life, for it is not only a means of earning one\u2019s daily bread, but also of personal growth, the building of healthy relationships,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"m_-6466290511231564172GramE\">self-expression<\/span><span>\u00a0and the exchange of gifts.<\/span>\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/fratelli-tutti\/#162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_35 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_42 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_66 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_divider_6 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_36 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_43 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_67 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\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=\"\/category\/all-articles\/dignity-of-work\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Dignity of Work Articles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_37 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"faq\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_44 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_68 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_102 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>FAQs<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_17 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What is the role of The Church in addressing the Dignity of Work?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: \"It is not for the Church to analyze scientifically the consequences that these changes may have on human society. But the Church considers it her task always to call attention to the dignity and rights of those who work, to condemn situations in which that dignity and those rights are violated, and to help to guide the above-mentioned changes so as to ensure authentic progress by man and society.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_18 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Technology and Human Work: Help or Hindrance?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: \"[T]echnology is undoubtedly man's ally. <strong>It facilitates<\/strong> his work, perfects, accelerates and augments it. It leads to an <strong>increase in the quantity<\/strong> of things produced by work, and in many cases <strong>improves their quality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>However<\/strong>, it is also a fact that, <strong>in some instances<\/strong>, technology can cease to be man's ally and <strong>become<\/strong> almost <strong>his enemy<\/strong>, as when the mechanization of work <strong>\u2018supplants\u2019 him<\/strong>, taking away all personal satisfaction and the incentive to creativity and responsibility, when it <strong>deprives<\/strong> many <strong>workers<\/strong> of their previous employment, or when, through exalting the machine, it reduces man to the status of its slave.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 5)<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_19 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What is \"The Gospel of Work\"?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: \"Christianity brought about a fundamental change of ideas in this field, taking the whole content of the Gospel message as its point of departure, especially the fact that the one who, while being <strong>God, became like us in all things<\/strong> devoted most of the years of his life on earth to manual work at the carpenter's bench. This circumstance constitutes in itself the <strong>most eloquent 'Gospel of <\/strong><strong>work'<\/strong>, showing that the basis for determining the value of human work is not primarily the kind of work being done but the fact that the one who is doing it is a person. The <strong>sources of the dignity of work are to be sought primarily in the subjective dimension, not in the objective <\/strong>one.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laborem-exercens\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laborem Exercens, 6)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_38 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_45 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_69 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_103 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Catholic Social Teaching and Other Issues<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_39 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_46 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_70 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_71 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic-width\" id=\"issues-slider\"><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\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2.png\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2.png 2160w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-1280x1280.png 1280w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2160px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47948\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/male-female-transgenderism\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Transgenderism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are facing a\u00a0<em><strong>crisis<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong>in human sexuality<\/strong>\u00a0caused by a representation of human anthropology that cancels out differences between men and women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/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\/Abortion.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40501\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/abortion\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Abortion<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the most divisive issues during the past 50 years! <strong>Why is the Church so one-sided<\/strong> (and must always be so)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/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\/Racism.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40515\" alt=\"Racism is contrary to Christ and the teachings of the Gospel\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/racism-in-the-united-states\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Racism in the United States<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The belief humanity can be divided into separate and <strong>exclusive biological entities with some races innately superior<\/strong> to others. This leads to personal and societal prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity. What does Catholic social teaching have to say about <strong>such an insidious \u201cism\u201d<\/strong>? <strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/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\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png\" width=\"247\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png 247w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" class=\"wp-image-34393\" alt=\"The Church has consistently spoken out against socialism in all its forms, most recently, democratic socialism\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/socialism\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Democratic Socialism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Candidates for President of the United States and many in congress espouse this as <strong>an alternative model for our country<\/strong>. <strong>What, exactly, is it?<\/strong> What does the Catholic Church say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_4 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-4\"><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\/Climate-Change.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40503\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/climate-change\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Climate Change<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">One political party committed the US to the Paris Agreement and proposes <strong>a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d<\/strong>. Another party withdrew from the Paris Agreement and <strong>inimically opposes<\/strong> the other\u2019s proposal. What does Catholic social teaching say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_5 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-5\"><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\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1.png 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-28178\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/immigration-overview\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Immigration<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Church recognizes the rights of nations to govern and protect themselves in the interests of the Common Good <em><strong>and <\/strong><\/em>\u201c\u2026the right of all men to migrate\u00a0to other countries and to seek conditions worthy of human life for themselves and for their families.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_6 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-6\"><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\/National-health.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40513\" alt=\"national health care\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/universal-healthcare\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Universal Healthcare<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">US health care is, in many ways, <strong>the envy of the world<\/strong>. Would <strong>universal<\/strong>, <strong>or<\/strong> <strong>national, healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>improve it?<\/strong> See how Catholic social teaching can inform the discussion!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_7 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-7\"><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\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1.png 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-28176\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Euthanasia<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>Without a Christian perspective, the world often seeks to avoid suffering at all costs and strives to make death as painless as possible. It is then that \u201c<strong>[w]e must accompany people towards death, but not provoke death<\/strong>\u00a0or facilitate any form of suicide.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2022\/documents\/20220209-udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_more_button\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_8 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-8\"><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\/The-family.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40517\" alt=\"The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-family\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">The Family<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The answer<\/strong> to the dangers to our society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201cThe<strong>\u00a0<b>future of humanity<\/b>\u00a0passes <\/strong>by way of the family.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_exh_19811122_familiaris-consortio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 86)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_9 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-9\"><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\/Marriage.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40512\" alt=\"marriage\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-family\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Marriage<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The<strong> foundation of the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\"[T]ranscends the feelings <\/strong>and momentary needs of the couple\u201d. It is born \u201cfrom the<strong> depth of the obligation\u00a0<\/strong>assumed by the spouses\".<strong><i> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 66)<\/a> <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_10 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-10\"><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\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-57654\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/category\/all-articles\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">How do we ensure that digital systems, like AI, remain ordered to the human person, to authentic work, to truth, and to the common good?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_11 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-11\"><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\/2019\/04\/icon-7.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" class=\"wp-image-28160\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/dignity-of-work\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Dignity of Work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"We were\u00a0<strong>created<\/strong>\u00a0with a vocation<strong>\u00a0to work<\/strong>.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_12 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-12\"><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\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-53069\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/gun-control-pros-and-cons-and-self-defense\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Gun Control<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>It is one of the most divisive and painful issues in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0Gun ownership is an issue where there is legitimate diversity of opinion. How does the Church reconcile self-defense with the sacredness of human life?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_13 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-13\"><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\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-56825\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/overpopulation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Overpopulation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">From the Church\u2019s perspective, <strong>the problem was never people themselves. <\/strong>The real question is not how many people the Earth can hold, but how we understand the human person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_14 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-14\"><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\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-52440\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-death-penalty\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">The Death Penalty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Church's historical teaching, the changes Pope Francis made, and what the Church teaches now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_15 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-15\"><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\/Covid.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40505 wp-image-40180\" alt=\"Covid-19 is tearing families, communities, and nations apart. Catholic social teaching can guide us through it.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/covid19\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">COVID-19<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The <strong>Crisis and<\/strong> <strong>the Cure<\/strong>: How does Catholic social teaching evaluate governments\u2019 response?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_16 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-16\"><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\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-49168\" alt=\"The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-common-good\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">The Common Good<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The Common Good is\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong> a principle, but an aspirational <strong>result<\/strong>: \u201cthe sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily\u201d.\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P6K.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1906)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_17 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-17\"><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\/Our-Physical-Environment.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40514\" alt=\"God has called us to be stewards of this world, our physical environment and common home.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/physical-environment\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Physical Environment<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>This is <strong>about more than<\/strong> <strong>\u2018just\u2019 protecting<\/strong> the environment. There are profound spiritual dimensions involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_18 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-18\"><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\/Integral-Ecology.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40511\" alt=\"Physical and human environments are linked and only integral ecology can care or them both.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/integral-ecology\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Integral Ecology<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>The <strong>solution to all<\/strong> our environmental problems!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_19 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-19\"><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-environment.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40509\" alt=\"How many talk about the serious destruction of our human environment where we grow, live, and work?\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/human-environment\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Human Environment<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201c[W]e must also mention <strong>the more serious destruction<\/strong> of the human environment, something which is by no means receiving the attention it deserves.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_20 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-20\"><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\/Danger-societi.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40506\" alt=\"The Church has identified four dangers to society, pathologies, eating away at our culture.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/pathologies-overview\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">The Four Dangers to Society<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Church identifies the major \u2018risks and problems\u2019 eating away at our cultural, economic and political systems. <strong>What are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_21 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-21\"><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\/Consumerism.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40504\" alt=\"Consumerism is a terrible affliction of the developed world and an affront to human dignity.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/consumerism\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Consumerism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>Having and wanting <strong>a lot of \u2018stuff\u2019 is at the heart of several of society\u2019s ills<\/strong>. Which ones? Why does this limit our freedom?<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_22 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-22\"><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\/Environmental-Degradation.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40508\" alt=\"Our environments, both our physical and human (moral), are in peril, in more ways than you likely realize\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/environmental-degradation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Environmental Degradation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Yes! The environment is in danger. But, <strong>it is actually worse<\/strong> (and, more complicated) <strong>than you think<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_23 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-23\"><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\/Alienation.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40502\" alt=\"alienation\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/alienation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Alienation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Society and individuals are alienated! We are \u201cmarked by <strong>a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019<\/strong> that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope Francis, 1)<\/em><\/span><\/a> \u00a0The consequences are devastating!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_24 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-24\"><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\/Radical-Secularism.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism.jpg 400w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40516\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Radical Secularism<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>[COMING SOON]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u201cThe greatest challenge of our time\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/april\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060406_xxi-wyd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0<span><strong>Why?<\/strong> Radical secularism holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. But, \u201cWithout truth, without trust and love for what is true...social action ends up serving private interests and the logic of power.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/em>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Sound familiar?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_25 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-25\"><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\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-52428\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-voting\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">How to Vote<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Participation in politics is a Christian obligation: <\/strong>\u201cWe, Christians, cannot \u2018play Pilate\u2019 and wash our hands\u2026We must participate in politics because politics is one of the highest forms of charity\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2013\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130607_scuole-gesuiti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Francis)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_72 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_40 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_47 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_73 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_104 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Why These Issues Matter<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_105 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Catholic social teaching informs our consciences and requires action from us, the lay faithful. \u201cWorking for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. <strong>It is a moral obligation.<\/strong><br \/>\nFor Christians, the responsibility is even greater: <strong>it is a commandment.<\/strong>\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_106 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150709_bolivia-movimenti-popolari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_7 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_41 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_48 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_74 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_75 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider_1 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module three-principles\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_26 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-26\"><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\/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\" \/><\/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<em>Human Dignity<\/em><\/strong>, 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: \u201cThe State must contribute to the achievement of these goals both directly and indirectly. Indirectly and according to the<em>\u00a0principle of <strong>subsidiarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by creating favorable conditions for the free exercise of economic activity, which will lead to abundant opportunities for employment and sources of wealth. Directly and according to the\u00a0<em>principle of <strong>solidarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by defending the weakest\u201d <em><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 15)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_27 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-27\"><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\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-26945\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Human Dignity<\/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. This is \u201cthe basis not only of the unity of the human family but also of our inviolable <strong>human dignity<\/strong>\u201d (Pope Benedict XVI) and it is in this beginning that human rights are grounded.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_28 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-28\"><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\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-26947\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Solidarity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Solidarity<\/strong> 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 <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.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><\/em><\/span>. Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment. \u201cWe cannot believe in God the Father without seeing a brother or sister in every person, and we cannot follow Jesus without giving our lives for those for whom he died on the cross.\u201d<span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/m.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150708_bolivia-benvenuto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> (Pope Francis)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_29 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-29\"><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\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-26946\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Subsidiarity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subsidiarity<\/strong> identifies how decisions in society need to be taken at the lowest competent level. \u201cIt is 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. So, too, it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and a disturbance of right order to transfer to the larger and higher collectivity functions which can be performed and provided for by the lesser and subordinate bodies\u201d. <span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Pius XI, 79)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_76 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_42 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width footer-newsletter\" id=\"newsletter\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_49 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated 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