Church Documents
- Laudato Si' (On Care for Our Common Home)Pope Francis - May 24, 2015
- Querida AmazoniaPost-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis - February 2, 2020
- Laudate Deum "Praise God"To all people of good will on the climate crisis - Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis - October 4, 2023
Infographic available via the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development website and at Caritas Canada's Development and Peace website.
Papal Encyclicals
- Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor)Pope Leo XIII - May 15, 1891
- Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years) - On Reconstruction of the Social OrderPope Pius XI - May 15, 1931 - the 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
- Mater et Magistra (On Christianity and Social Progress)Pope John XXIII - May 15, 1961 - the 60th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
- Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth)Pope John XXIII - April 11, 1963 - on Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty
- Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples)Pope Paul VI - March 27, 1967
- Laborem Exercens (On Human Work)Pope John Paul II - September 14, 1981 - the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
- Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (20th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio)Pope John Paul II - December 30, 1987
- Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year)Pope John Paul II - May 1, 1991 - the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
- Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life)Pope John Paul II - March 25, 1995
- Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason)Pope John Paul II - September 14, 1998
- Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love)Pope Benedict XVI - December 15, 2005
- Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth)Pope Benedict XVI - June 29, 2009
- Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith)Pope Francis - June 29, 2013
- Laudato Si' (On Care for Our Common Home)Pope Francis - May 24, 2015
- Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship)Pope Francis - October 3, 2020