Then the King will say to those on his right, “"Come you who are blessed by my Father, take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you invited me in. I needed clothes and you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you came to visit me."
- Matt.25:34-36
"Just as it is in the world's interest to acknowledge the Church as a historical reality, and to recognize her good influence, so the Church herself knows how richly she has profited by the history and development of humanity."
- Vatican II: Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
The Corporal Woks of Mercy www.catholicdoors.com/faq/qu39.htm
The Spiritual Works of Mercy www.catholicdoors.com/faq/qu38.htm
Pastoral Constitution On The Church In The Modern World (Gaudium et Spes) Vatican II
www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/v2modwor.htm
Catholic Social Teaching: John Paul II, (Laborem Exercens)
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0286.html
The Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church
and the World (Christifideles laici) www.cin.org/jp2ency/christif.html
The Catholic Church and the Modern State www.catholic.com/thisrock/2004/0403clas.asp
Catholic Social Teaching Doctrine www.justpeace.org/doct.htm
Busy Christians Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
http://www.uscatholic.org/busy_christians_guide_catholic_social_teaching
What Ever You Did Unto One of the Least... (Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/breakpoint/Teresa.TXT
On the Condition of the Working Classes (Rerum Novarum) 1891
www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/L13RERUM.HTM
The World's Last Ship http://catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0046.html