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Catholic Social Teaching (CST)

Catholic social teaching is based on and inseparable from our understanding of human life and human dignity. Every human being is created in the image of God and redeemed by Jesus Christ, and therefore is invaluable and worthy of respect as a member of the human family. Every person, from the moment of conception to natural death, has inherent dignity and a right to life consistent with that
dignity. Human dignity comes from God, not from any human quality or accomplishment.


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Acton Institute
The Acton Institute is a think-tank whose mission is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.

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Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice (CAPP- USA)
Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice (CAPP) is a lay-led, pontifical organization founded by Saint John Paul the Great as a vehicle for lay education and evangelization of Catholic social doctrine.  Saint John Paul the Great established Fondazione Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice on June 5, 1993, just two years after writing his seminal encyclical on the modern social condition, Centesimus Annus.

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Society of Catholic Social Scientists (SCSS)
The Society of Catholic Social Scientists (SCSS) is a scholarly, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to promoting and conducting rigorous social scientific research within the parameters of orthodox Catholic doctrine. The SCSS boldly challenges this secularlized approach to the social sciences by combining objective scholarly analysis with fidelity to the Magisterium.

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is an assembly of the hierarchy of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands who jointly exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of the United States.  The USCCB is made up of a number of offices dedicated to education, pastoral care, and prayer and worship in the areas of sanctity of human life and dignity of the human person. To learn more, click here.

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Papal Encyclicals & Church Documents
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