教會的社會訓導，是按福音有關人性尊嚴及其社會特性所啟示的真理，有系統地發展而來的，提供反省的原則，指出判斷的標準，提供行動的規範和方向。

509. 教會的社會訓導的內容是什麼？

教會的社會訓導，是按福音有關人性尊嚴及其社會特性所啟示的真理，有系統地發展而來的，提供反省的原則，指出判斷的標準，提供行動的規範和方向。

510. 教會何時介入社會事務？

在人的基本權利、公益或人靈得救要求時，教會便介入社會及經濟事務，發表其道德的論斷。

511. 應如何從事社會及經濟活動？

社會及經濟活動固然應以自己的方法從事，但也應在道德範圍內，為全人並為全體人類服務，並應尊重社會正義。這活動應以人為其創作者、中心和目的。

512. 什麼事有違教會的社會訓導？

那些犧牲個人及社團的基本權利，或以獲利為唯一規則或最終目的的經濟和社會體系，都有違教會的社會訓導。為此，教會在現代已揚棄那與「共產主義」或「社會主義」有連帶關係的無神主義及極權主義。此外，對資本主義的實行，教會也反對個人主義，以及把市場的法則視為比人的工作更重要的做法。


來源：《天主教教理簡編》
http://dcc.catholic.org.hk/Testing/CCCC.htm


509. What is the content of the social doctrine of the Church?

The social doctrine of the Church is an organic development of the truth of the Gospel about the dignity of the human person and his social dimension offering principles for reflection, criteria for judgment, and norms and guidelines for action.

510. When does the Church intervene in social areas?

The Church intervenes by making a moral judgment about economic and social matters when the fundamental rights of the person, the common good, or the salvation of souls requires it.

511. How should social and economic life be pursued?

It should be pursued according to its own proper methods within the sphere of the moral order, at the service of the whole human being and of the entire human community in keeping with social justice. Social and economic life should have the human person as its author, center, and goal.

512. What would be opposed to the social doctrine of the Church?

Opposed to the social doctrine of the Church are economic and social systems that sacrifice the basic rights of persons or that make profit their exclusive norm or ultimate end. For this reason the Church rejects the ideologies associated in modern times with Communism or with atheistic and totalitarian forms of socialism. But in the practice of capitalism the Church also rejects self centered individualism and an absolute primacy of the laws of the marketplace over human labor.


source: Compendium OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
http://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html