#12188 Where Can I Learn Catholic Social Teaching? Resources for Beginners - Tim Staples

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Curious about Catholic Social Teaching but don’t know where to start? In this episode, Karlo Broussard points you to essential resources—from magisterial documents to accessible books—that will help you understand the Church’s teaching on human dignity, the common good, subsidiarity, and solidarity. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to go deeper, this episode lays the groundwork for learning how Catholicism speaks to politics, economics, and justice.

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Questions Covered:

28:50 – I went to a communion service where the female minister was standing in the sanctuary behind the altar. Is this allowed?
31:47 – Are there any resources you can offer to me where I can learn more about Catholic Social Teaching?
40:59 – How much can we read into Pope Leo’s Augustinian background?
49:34 – Does the indulgences the pope gave today at his blessing affect those who are in mortal sin?

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0:32.3	I'm Sykelet, your host, since it's kind of a slow newsday, we thought we'd bring
0:36.0	in an exciting personality to get us over the hump of really nothing to talk about in the Catholic world today.
0:42.0	Other than having a new Pope, Pope Leo the 14th, our guest is our senior apologist here at Catholic Answers.
0:47.3	Tim Staples. Hello, Tim Staples.
0:49.1	Hello, Cy Kellogg.
0:50.2	Did you watch it as a family together?
0:51.8	You know what? We were, but all my kids had to go to a dentist appointment.
0:58.2	Oh.
0:58.5	So my wife had to take all the kids.
1:01.2	And just you and CNN or something?
1:03.6	Yeah, and so I just went through the roof.
1:07.3	As you know.
1:08.5	Okay, go ahead.
1:09.4	Say, I know.
1:10.1	I want you to say it.
1:10.7	Go ahead. As you know, okay, go ahead. Say, I know. I want you to say it. Go ahead.
1:11.7	As you know, on Monday, on this broadcast, I said, you know, if it's, now I must admit,
1:17.7	I wasn't exactly certain that an American would be chosen, but I said, if an American is to be
1:26.6	chosen, I lack provost. Now, I be chosen, I lack provost.
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