Key Magisterial Teaching
Social Encyclicals
- Rerum Novarum- On Capital and Labor, Pope Leo XIII
- Libertas- On the Nature of Human Liberty, Pope Leo XIII
- Quadragesimo Anno- On Reconstruction of the Social Order, Pope Pius XI
- Divini Redemptoris- On Atheistic Communism, Pope Pius XI
- Mit Brennender Sorge- On the Church and the German Reich, Pope Pius XI
- Mater et Magistra- On Christianity and Social Progress, Pope John XXIII
- Pacem in Terris- On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty, Pope John XXIII
- Octogesima Adveniens- On the Eightieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum, Pope Paul VI
- Populorum Progressio- On the Development of Peoples, Pope Paul VI
- Gaudium et Spes- On the Church in the Modern World, Pope Paul VI
- Evangelii Nuntiandi- On Evangelization in the Modern World, Pope Paul VI
- Laborem Exercens- On Human Work, Pope John Paul II
- Sollicitudo Rei Socialis- On the Twentieth Anniversary of Populorum Progressio, Pope John Paul II
- Centesimus Annus- On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum, Pope John Paul II
- Dives in Misericordia- On the Mercy of God, Pope John Paul II
- Veritatis Splendor- On the Splendor of Truth, Pope John Paul II
- Evangelium Vitae- On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life, Pope John Paul II
- Deus Caritas Est- On Christian Love, Pope Benedict XVI (Note: This is not properly a social encyclical)
- Ecclesia in America, Pope John Paul II
- Instruction of Theology of Liberation, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Instruction On Christian Freedom And Liberation, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Social Agenda
- Other magisterial texts on the Vatican website
Secondary Sources
- Religion and Liberty
- Journal of Markets & Morality
- Challenging the Modern World: Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and the Development of Catholic Social Teaching, Dr. Samuel Gregg
- Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics, Alejandro Chafuen
- City of God, St. Augustine
- Person and Community, Karol Wojytla
- Christian Social Witness and Teaching: the Catholic Tradition from Genesis to Centesimus Annus, vol. 2, Fr. Roger Charles
- Summa Theologica: II-I, questions 90-108 and II-II, questions 32, 66, St. Thomas Aquinas
Books written by Centesimus Annus Conference speakers
- The Moral Mandate for Freedom, Rocco Buttiglione
- Witness to Hope, George Weigel
- Building the Free Society, George Weigel and Robert Royal
- The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Michael Novak
- The Fire of Invention, Michael Novak
- Will it Liberate? Questions About Liberation Theology, Michael Novak
- Karol Wojtyla: The thought of the man who became JPII, Rocco Buttiglione
- The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, Michael Novak
- Truth as a Ground of Freedom, Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J.
- Love and Economics: Why the laissez-faire family Doesn’t Work, Jennifer Roback Morse
- The Creation of Wealth, Lord Brian Griffiths- ISBN: 0877845662
- From Rerum Novarum to Today, Cardinal George Pell-ISBN: 087270100X
Economics Resources
- Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
- The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek
- A Humane Economy, Wilhelm Roepke
- The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
- Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell
- Applied Economics, Thomas Sowell
- Classical Economics Reconsidered, Thomas Sowell
- The Mystery of Capital, Hernando de Soto
- The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly
- Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. 2nd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983., Becker, Gary
- The Capitalist Revolution: Fifty Propositions about Prosperity, Equality, & Liberty. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1986., Berger, Peter L.