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Backgrounder: Rights and Responsibilities

By: Katherine Feely, SND

This backgrounder on the principle of Rights and Responsibilities provides a thorough overview for anyone interested in a greater understanding of the foundations of Catholic Social Teaching. This eleven-page resource includes:

  • definitions,
  • visual graphic summaries,
  • a handy reference chart presenting the development of the principle of rights and responsibilities in the encyclicals,
  • reference citations from the Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • discussion questions,
  • selected quotes from the encyclicals, and
  • scripture references.

Use this resource to begin to build your own CST reference binder.

Type of content: Backgrounders
Principles and Topics: Rights and Responsibilities