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Catholic School Teaching Report

   

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Running head: CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGHuman Dignity, Common Good and Refugee problemStudent NameUniversity nameAuthor Note
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CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGThe problem of the refugee and asylum seekers is an alarming issue in the modern worldthat every responsible citizen must address. The human rights organizations and internationalcommunities are struggling to resolve this issue. The poor countries are infected by this wound inthe maximum number. Recent incidents of Palestinian refugees, Syrian refugees, Rohingyarefugees or Mexican refugees has drawn the global attention. The United Nations identifies therefugees as displaced persons. Catholic Social Teachings on refugees ae supported by manydocuments like the “Exsul Familia Nazarathana” (1969), “Refugees, A Challenge to Solidarity”(1992) and “Welcoming Christ In Refugees And Forcibly Displaced Persons” (2013). Therefuges leave their home countries for the fear of persecution and punishment for various forracial, religious or political reasons (Burson & Cantor, 2016). Poverty is one of the principlereasons to cause the refugee problems worldwide. Because the refugees are displaced by thegovernment or authoritative power they are often not protected legally and do not get the benefitsof basic human rights. However catholic social thoughts tell the human mobility should be addressed from theperspective of human dignity rather than its legal or national aspects. The thoughts question therefugee problems regarding its relationship among God, self and his other creations and therelationship among the international, national bodies, communities and individuals and how theyshould respond to the problem (Verstraeten, 2017). The social work is related closely to thisview as it is the responsibility of a social worker that the dignity and common good of the needyare protected. CST teach us that any human being who is forced to displace in order to his lifeand human dignity has the power to morally claim others’ hospitality and the moral claim can bestronger depending upon the person’s need (Sison, Ferrero & Guitián, 2016). The responsiblecitizen and a social worker as a protector of human rights should respond beyond the immediate
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