510. When does the Church intervene in social areas?

The Church intervenes by making a moral judgment about economic and social matters when the fundamental rights of the person, the common good, or the salvation of souls requires it.


Veja este tema no Catecismo

Paragraph 2420

2420. The Church makes a moral judgment about economic and social matters, "when the fundamental rights of the person or the salvation of souls requires it."199 In the moral order she bears a mission distinct from that of political authorities: the Church is concerned with the temporal aspects of the common good because they are ordered to the sovereign Good, our ultimate end. She strives to inspire right attitudes with respect to earthly goods and in socio-economic relationships.

Paragraph 2458

2458. The Church makes a judgment about economic and social matters when the fundamental rights of the person or the salvation of souls requires *. She is concerned with the temporal common good of men because they are ordered to the sovereign Good, their ultimate end.


Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:

What is the message of Abdias 1:11 about Edom’s injustice and oppression of the weak?

What is the importance of the parent-child relationship in the Christian family according to Ephesians 6:1-4?

The Creation of the Universe and Man: What Does the Book of Genesis Teach Us? (Genesis 1:1-31)

What does the Bible say about God’s judgment and justice?

God’s chosen people: What does the book of Leviticus teach us about the choice and holiness of God’s people? (Leviticus 20:26)

How important is the Word of God in the Christian life according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17?

Christ’s Return: What Do We Know and What Do We Hope (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)?