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Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor) -- Pope Leo XIII, 1891
Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years) -- Pope Pius XI, 1931
Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress) -- Pope John XXIII, 1961
Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) -- Pope John XXIII, 1963
Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) Vatican Council II, 1965
Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) -- Pope Paul VI, 1967
Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action) -- Pope Paul VI, 1971
Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) -- Pope John Paul II, 1981
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern) -- Pope John Paul II, 1987
Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year) -- Pope John Paul II, 1991
Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) -- Pope John Paul II, 1995
Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) -- Pope John Paul II, 1998
Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life - Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 2002
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church - Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, 2004
Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love) -- Pope Benedict XVI, 2005
Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth) - Pope Benedict XVI, 2009