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Catholic Social Teaching is not just a collection of documents, but the social justice tradition is often communicated through Catholic Social Teaching documents from Popes, and from local Bishops.

These are the major international Catholic Social Teaching documents. To find Catholic Social Teaching documents by local Bishops, use the search function, or look under the Asia Pacific Teachings category. Click here for tips on how to make sense of these documents. To find quotes from the Catholic Social Teaching documents, or commentary on them, enter the document name in search engine.

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List of Major International Catholic Social Teaching Documents

Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship), Francis, 2020.

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Laudato Si’ (On the Care of Our Common Home), Francis, 2015.
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Evangelii Gaudium (On the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World), Francis, 2013.
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Caritas in Veritate (Integral Human Development in Love and Truth), Benedict XVI, 2009.
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Centesimus Annus (The One Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum), John Paul II, 1991.
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Sollicitudo rei Socialis (On Social Concerns), John Paul II, 1987.
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Laborem Exercens (On Human Labour), John Paul II, 1981.
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Evangelii Nuntiandi (Evangelization in the Modern World), Paul VI, 1975.
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Justice in the World, Synod of Bishops, 1971.
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Octogesima Adveniens, (A Call to Action) Paul VI,1971.
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Populorum Progressio, (On the Development of Peoples) Paul VI, 1967.
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Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), Vatican II,1965.
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Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), John XXIII, 1963.
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Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress) John XXIII, 1961.
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Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years), Pius XI,1931.
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Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of the Working Classes), Leo XIII, 1891.
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