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In
a Time of Division, 'Catholic Social Teaching Collection' Spotlights the
'Both/And' of the Church's Social DoctrineNew book offers a summary of Catholic
social teaching stretching over two thousand years
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries
March 23, 2021
IRVING, Texas, March 23, 2021 /Christian
Newswire/ -- How can the Catholic Church simultaneously advocate against
abortion and assisted suicide but for immigration reform and attention to the
poor? How can it stand against the abuse of the environment and for free market
principles, against the death penalty and for the family?
The "Catholic Social Teaching Collection," a unique new addition to the Word on
Fire Classics series produced by Bishop Robert Barron's apostolate, aims to
bring the both/and of the Church's social teaching into sharp relief. The
collection covers fourteen of the Church's most important magisterial social
documents, including the full texts of Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum and Pope
St. John Paul II's Centesimus Annus, and excerpts from Pope Benedict XVI's
Caritas in Veritate and Pope Francis' Laudato Si'. Unlike other anthologies,
however, which only include encyclicals, this volume also features excerpts from
the Old and New Testaments, the Didache, Church Fathers such as St. John
Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great, and various saints and scholars, including
St. Thomas Aquinas, Bartolomé de las Casas, Servant of God Dorothy Day, St.
Teresa of Kolkata, and St. Óscar Romero. Yet its purpose is not just to reveal
the ethical and historical breadth of Catholic social teaching; it is to reveal
the metaphysical heart around which the Church's positions fall into
harmony—namely, God.
"Catholic social teaching is, necessarily, very deep and broad," Bishop Barron
writes in the foreword. "This collection is not intended as an exhaustive
academic treatment of that tradition but as a prolegomenon for further study—and
action. God is a God of justice, and my hope is that this collection will
inspire people—especially young people who may have wandered away from the
faith—and draw them into the Church's fight for justice."
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries (wordonfire.org)
exists to draw people into the Body of Christ, which is the Church, and thereby
give them access to all the gifts that Jesus wants his people to enjoy. To be
most effective in this mission, Word on Fire places an emphasis and urgency on
the use of contemporary forms of media and innovative communication
technologies.
"Catholic Social Teaching Collection"
Foreword by Bishop Robert Barron
March 22, 2021
Hardcover | 480 pages
Word on Fire Classics
wordonfire.org/cst
SOURCE Word on Fire Catholic Ministries
CONTACT: Will Sipling, Communications Director, 866-928-1237,
communications@wordonfire.org
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