Washington D.C., 10 February 2014: A new iPhone and iPad application from a Washington,
D.C., think tank aims to spread Catholic social teaching through Church documents,
news and commentary.
The Ethics and Public Policy Center said its free app
is “a great resource for politicians, journalists, teachers, students and anyone who
wishes to better understand the Church’s teaching on issues of economics, politics
and culture.”
The Catholic Social Teaching App provides a selection of papal
encyclicals ranging from Pope Francis’ 2013 “Lumen Fidei” back to Pope Leo XII’s 1891
“Rerum Novarum.” It includes documents from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith on bioethics and Catholic political participation, as well as Pope Francis’
apostolic exhortation on evangelization, “Evangelii Gaudium.”
The app provides
commentaries from Catholic and non-Catholic writers about Catholic teaching and current
events. Authors include Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, Archbishop Jose H.
Gomez of Los Angeles, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia and Bishop James
Conley of Lincoln, Neb.
Other writers on Catholic topics include former U.S.
Ambassador to the Holy See Mary Ann Glendon, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, Michael Sean
Winters, George Weigel, Father Robert Barron, Russell Shaw, James Kalb, Hadley Arkes,
Patrick Deneen and Ryan Anderson.
The app also provides news from Catholic
News Agency, EWTN News, Catholic News Service and other sources.
Search and
cross-reference functions help users find content about topics that interest them.
The
app’s promoter, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, was founded in 1976. According
to its website, its goal is the application of “the Judeo-Christian moral tradition
to critical issues of public policy.”
The Catholic Social Teaching App is available
for download from Apple’s App Store. Its content is also available at the app’s website,
. Source: CNA/EWTN News