Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor)
Pope Leo XIII – May 15, 1891

Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action)

Pope Paul VI – May 14, 1971 – the 80th anniversary of Rerum Novarum

• Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years) – On Reconstruction of the Social Order
  Pope Pius XI – May 15, 1931 – the 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
• Mater et Magistra (On Christianity and Social Progress)
  Pope John XXIII – May 15, 1961 – the 60th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
• Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth)
  Pope John XXIII – April 11, 1963 – on Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty
• Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples)
  Pope Paul VI – March 27, 1967
• Laborem Exercens (On Human Work)
  Pope John Paul II – September 14, 1981 – the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
• Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (20th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio)
  Pope John Paul II – December 30, 1987
• Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year)
  Pope John Paul II – May 1, 1991 – the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
• Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life)
  Pope John Paul II – March 25, 1995
• Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason)
  Pope John Paul II – September 14, 1998
• Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love)
  Pope Benedict XVI – December 15, 2005
• Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth)
  Pope Benedict XVI – June 29, 2009
• Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home)
  Pope Francis – May 24, 2015

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
Online version of the book listed elsewhere on this page or this guide.

The Social Agenda: A Collection of Roman Catholic Magisterial Texts
Online version of the book listed elsewhere on this page.

USCCB – Justice, Peace, and Human Development
Documents and links provided by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops web site to Catholic Social Teaching sanctioned engagement resources.

USCCB Social Justice Documents

• Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States
  Published in February 2020. Available in English and Spanish.
• A Call to Solidarity with Africa
  Statement issued November 14, 2001.
• Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good
  Statement issued June 15, 2001.
• Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice
  Statement issued November 15, 2000.
• Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions
  June 1999
• Brothers and Sisters to Us: US Catholic Bishops Pastoral Letter on Racism, 1979
• A Decade After “Economic Justice for All”: Continuing Principles, Changing Context, New Challenges
  A Pastoral Message of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Tenth Anniversary of the Economic Pastoral, November 1995
• The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace
  A Reflection of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Tenth Anniversary of The Challenge of Peace, issued November 17, 1993.
• The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response
  A Pastoral Letter on War and Peace by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued May 3, 1983.
• https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching

Apostolic Exhortation

Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel)

Pope Francis – November 24, 2013 – Apostolic Exhortation on the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World