This series will break down its 16 documents into a clear hierarchy of constitutions, decrees, and declarations.

Para comprender mejor las históricas enseñanzas del Concilio Vaticano II, esta guía detalla la jerarquía de sus 16 documentos en constituciones, decretos y declaraciones, mostrando cómo la Iglesia equilibró la Tradición con la renovación pastoral.

Explore el don inmerecido de la propia vida de Dios y cómo su "gracia sobre gracia" salva la distancia infinita para transformarnos en hijos adoptivos del Padre.

Explore the unmerited gift of God’s own life and how His "grace upon grace" bridges the infinite gap to transform us into adopted children of the Father.

The councils get their name from the Greek word oikoumene, meaning “the whole inhabited world.”

El nombre de estos concilios proviene de la palabra griega oikoumene, que significa “el mundo habitado en su totalidad”.

Including the passion, death, resurrection and ascension of Christ, the Paschal Mystery encompasses all that Christ did to redeem us.

Cada sacramento nos transforma en el presente al mediar los frutos del Misterio Pascual.

El último tema de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia que examinaremos en esta serie es el Cuidado de la Creación.

The final theme of Catholic Social Teaching that we will examine in this series is care for creation.

St. John Paul II described the common good as both the good of the whole of humanity and each individual.

En la encíclica Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, San Juan Pablo II describió el bien común como el bien tanto de toda la humanidad como de cada individuo.

Let us consider the Catholic Social Teaching themes of the dignity of work and the rights of workers.

Consideremos los temas de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia sobre la dignidad del trabajo y los derechos de los trabajadores.

Catholic Social Teaching emphasizes the equal dignity and value of every human person.

With this image of the bridge in mind, let’s turn our attention to what CST posits about the rights of each person.

To understand the Call to Family, Community, and Participation, it might be helpful to first reflect on the truth that we exist in relationship with others.

Life and Dignity of the Human Person.

For when man becomes his own God…this self-idolatry becomes so arrogantly irrational that it demands the life of every human being as its victim.”

“Porque cuando el hombre se convierte en su propio Dios... esta auto-idolatría se vuelve tan arrogantemente irracional que exige la vida de cada ser humano como su víctima”.

In this column, we’ll explore the ill effects of envy and the antidote we find in its contrary virtue, charity.

En esta columna, exploraremos los efectos nocivos de la envidia y el antídoto que encontramos en su virtud contraria, la caridad.

This month, we’ll examine the virtue of generosity and how it helps us conquer another “deadly” (so-called because it gives rise to other vices) sin: avarice.

Patience, or forbearance, is the virtue we need if we are going to overcome the deadly sin of wrath.

This month, we’ll discuss how the virtue of temperance can help us overcome the “deadly” (so-called because it gives rise to other vices) sin of gluttony.