How well do you know Catholic Social Teaching?

We'll start with an easy one: Which encyclical, published in 1891, is regarded as the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching?

Rerum Novarum

Laborem exercens

Caritas in Veritate

Populorum progressio

How would you describe the principle of Common Good?

The common good is where the worst off on society are ignored

The common good is when good people are allowed to do what they like, because they know best

The common good is the belief that we should all work towards a society that benefits everyone

The Common Good is believing that God has created the world to be equal, and that everyone gets what they deserve

Catholic Social Teaching is often known as what?

Catholicism's best kept secret

A recipe for happiness

Catholic Communism

Behind the times

Which Pope wrote Evangelium vitae?

Pope John Paul I

Pope John Paul II

Pope Leo XIII

Pius XII

Is the 1998 encyclical Fides et ratio considered part of Catholic Social Teaching?

Yes

What is the Vatican department that is charged with promoting CSt?

Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

The Pontifical Council of Social Justice

The Congregation for social issues

The department of Catholic Social Issues

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