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✝️ Week 2 – Catholic Social Teaching Faith Study
📖 Topic: The Universal Destination of Goods
📅 Date: October 14, 2025
⛪ Location: St. Peter’s Parish (New Westminster, BC, Canada)

In this session, we explore one of the most challenging teachings of the Catholic tradition: the Universal Destination of Goods, the principle that the goods of the earth are meant for everyone.

What does the Church really teach about private property, wealth, and economic justice? Are billionaires morally defensible in Catholic thought? How do saints like St. Basil, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Ambrose speak about the responsibility of the rich? What does St. Thomas Aquinas say about taking what you need in cases of survival — and can that ever NOT be considered theft?

This session draws on:
Rerum Novarum (Leo XIII)
Quadragesimo Anno (Pius XI)
Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II)
Populorum Progressio (Paul VI)
Laborem Exercens (John Paul II)
Fratelli Tutti (Francis)
Dilexi te (Leo XIV)

Disclaimer:
The content of this presentation is based on official Catholic teaching and public magisterial sources. It is offered for faith formation and theological reflection. However, this presentation is not an official communication of the Catholic Church or of any parish, diocese, or other ecclesial or non-ecclesial organization. Responsibility for the way this material is presented is my own.

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