Supporting California’s Families
California Bishops Commit to Working for Better Futures for California's Women, Children, and Families.
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Concerned with the well being of all people and their common good, the Church’s social teachings lay out what is necessary to live a dignified human life in today's world and our joint responsibility to each other to make that happen.
The social teachings provide principles for reflection, criteria for judgment and guidelines for action.
Examine the common themes or read the social encyclicals of last 120 years.
A selection of the writings from His Holiness examine the challenges facing families, our role in promoting human development while caring for our common home and what it means to evangelize in today's world.
- Laudato Si (Praise Be) - Environment
- Amoris Laetitia - On Love in the Family
- Evangelii Gaudium - Proclaiming the Gospel
Cherishing the many natural blessings of the Golden State while expressing growing concern with escalating threats to our world, the Catholic Bishops of California have issued a pastoral statement calling on all people to “contribute to the ecological well-being of our state.”