Just what does the Church teach about social justice?

Submitted on March 31, 2010
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By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@stlouisreview.com
Members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their supporters picketed a Publix supermarket in Columbus, Ga., Nov. 21. They urged the store chain to pay a penny more per pound for tomatoes they buy so wages would be higher for low-paid immigrants who pick the tomatoes in Florida. The coalition has won similar agreements from Taco Bell and other chains.
Members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their supporters picketed a Publix supermarket in Columbus, Ga., Nov. 21. They urged the store chain to pay a penny more per pound for tomatoes they buy so wages would be higher for low-paid immigrants who pick the tomatoes in Florida. The coalition has won similar agreements from Taco Bell and other chains.
CNS photo/Jim West
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The Catholic Church teaches that the role of the state is to defend and promote the common good. Society ensures social justice when it provides the conditions that allow associations or individuals to obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation.

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