{"id":43166,"date":"2021-06-25T21:22:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T21:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappusa.wpengine.com\/?p=43166"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:44:43","slug":"consumerism-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/2021\/06\/consumerism-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumerism: Rampant and Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\"><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\"><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=\"\/consumerism-article\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><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\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Consumerism: Rampant and Dangerous<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">by CAPP-USA<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36059\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 400px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36059 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/photo-of-discount-sign-2529787-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"What is consumerism and what is it doing to our culture? Nothing good.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36059\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-36059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Consumerism is \"Having\" instead of \"Being\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What is \"Consumerism\"?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Simply, but elegantly put: <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/consumerism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consumerism<\/a><\/span> is a style of life directed towards \"having\" rather than \"being\". It is a \"web of false and superficial gratifications.\" <span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 41)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Why is Consumerism a Problem?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Let us count the ways...<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Consumerism harms the person:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Consumerism leads to \"attitudes and life styles... which are objectively improper and often damaging to [our] physical and spiritual health\"; <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 36)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\"Weakens the development and stability of personal relationships\"; <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 67)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\"Prevents man\u2019s growth as a human being\"; <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 19)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\"Prevent us from cherishing each thing and each moment\"; <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 222)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Leads us to \"shut out others\"; <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 19)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We \"become not the lords and masters but the slaves of material wealth\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/m.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xii\/it\/speeches\/1943\/documents\/hf_p-xii_spe_19431224_radiom-natalizio-popoli.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Pius XII, 1a)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><br \/><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Consumerism harms the country:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\"Nations can fall prey to\u2026soul stifling materialism\"; <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 19)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\"Distorts family bonds\u201d; <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 67)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Leads to \"excessive promotion of purely utilitarian values\";<\/span> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 29)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Creates \u201cdissension and disunity\u201d; <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 19)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\"Jeopardizes\u201d our \u201ccollective fulfillment\"; <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 18)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Creates a situation where \"[h]uman beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 67)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Catholic social teaching invites society to a serious review of its lifestyle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\">However...<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Catholic social teaching is clear: \"It is not wrong to want to live better, what is wrong is a style of life\u2026which wants to have more, not in order to be more but in order to spend life in enjoyment as an end in itself.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 36)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A person who is concerned solely or primarily with possessing and enjoying \u2013 who can no longer subordinate his instincts, cannot be free.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Answer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><br \/>The \u2018answer\u2019 to consumerism is found in faith because: \"once Jesus dwells in our heart, the center of life is no longer my ravenous and selfish ego, but the One who is born and lives for love.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2018\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181224_omelia-natale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We need to ask ourselves: \"Do I really need all these material objects and complicated recipes for living? Can I manage without all these unnecessary extras and live a life of greater simplicity?\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2018\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181224_omelia-natale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Catholic social teaching invites society, \"to a serious review of its lifestyle, which in many parts of the world is prone to hedonism and consumerism, regardless of their harmful consequences.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 51)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Catholic social teaching calls for a great deal of educational and cultural work, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Education of consumers in responsible choices;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Formation of a strong sense of responsibility among producers and especially among the mass media;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The \"necessary\" intervention by public authorities regards drug use, pornography and \"other forms of consumerism which exploit the frailty of the weak\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 36)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\">In Summary<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\"The individualism of our postmodern society and globalized era favors a lifestyle which weakens the development and stability of personal relationships and distorts family bonds\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 67)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The goal of Catholic social teaching is for life styles in which the quest for truth, beauty, goodness, and communion with others for the sake of the common good will determine consumers\u2019 choices, savings, and investments. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 36)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/2023\/03\/consumerism-and-the-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consumerism and the Environment<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/2024\/10\/the-dangers-of-a-consumer-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dangers of a Consumer Culture<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/2022\/11\/holiday-commercialization-and-consumerism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holiday Commercialization<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><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\"><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=\"\/consumerism\/\" data-icon=\"5\">More About Consumerism<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><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\"><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=\"\/articles\" data-icon=\"5\">Back to Articles<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image et_pb_module et_block_module three-principles\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_0 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-0\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40570 wp-image-33298\" alt=\"Three circles containing symbols of the three principles of catholic social teaching: human dignity, subsidiarity, and solidarity.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-principles\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Three Key Principles<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Catholic social teaching is built on three foundational principles -<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Solidarity\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Subsidiarity.\u00a0<\/strong>Human Dignity, embodied in a correct understanding of the human person, is the greatest. The others flow from it. Good governments and good economic systems find ways of fostering the three principles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_1 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-1\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-Dignity.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-Dignity.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-Dignity-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40567\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/human-dignity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Human Dignity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">This means a correct understanding of the human person and of each person\u2019s unique value. All Catholic social teaching flows from this: the inherent dignity of every person that comes from being made in God\u2019s image.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_2 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-2\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Solidarity.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Solidarity.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Solidarity-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40568\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/solidarity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Solidarity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Solidarity is not \u201ca feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others. It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a> Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_3 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-3\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Subsidiarity.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Subsidiarity.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Subsidiarity-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40569\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/subsidiarity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Subsidiarity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Subsidiarity \u201cis a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry. 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