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===The Roman Catholic Church and Social Justice===

===The Roman Catholic Church and Social Justice===

The Roman Catholic Church advocates social justice. The Church's support of the teaching began largely with <i>Rerum Novarum</i>, an encyclical letter written by Pope Leo XIII, published in 1891.<ref>http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum_en.html</ref> The 1962 - 1965 [[Second Vatican Council]] produced an Apostolic Constitution called <i>Gaudium et Spes</i> which stated in Paragraph 90:  

The Roman Catholic Church advocates social justice that is based on charity and support for those people that are less fortunate. The Church's support of the teaching began largely with <i>Rerum Novarum</i>, an encyclical letter written by Pope Leo XIII, published in 1891.<ref>http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum_en.html</ref> The 1962 - 1965 [[Second Vatican Council]] produced an Apostolic Constitution called <i>Gaudium et Spes</i> which stated in Paragraph 90:  

"The council, considering the immensity of the hardships which still afflict the greater part of mankind today, regards it as most opportune that an organism of the universal Church be set up in order that both the justice and love of Christ toward the poor might be developed everywhere. The role of such an organism would be to stimulate the Catholic community to promote progress in needy regions and international social justice."<ref>http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_cons_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html</ref>

"The council, considering the immensity of the hardships which still afflict the greater part of mankind today, regards it as most opportune that an organism of the universal Church be set up in order that both the justice and love of Christ toward the poor might be developed everywhere. The role of such an organism would be to stimulate the Catholic community to promote progress in needy regions and international social justice."<ref>http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_cons_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html</ref>