What does the Church say about its social teaching?

From the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church:

For each, I provide the main point and have edited out the rest, just to give readers a rough idea of what the Compendium says. (With the exception of #528.)

Chapter 12 Social Doctrine and Ecclesial Action
I. Pastoral Action in the Social Field

521. Aware of the power of Christianity to renew even cultural and social realities, the Church offers the contribution of her teaching to the building up of the human community by bringing out the social significance of the Gospel.

522. In her social doctrine the Church offers above all an integral vision of man and a complete understanding of his personal and social dimensions.

523. This Christian anthropology gives life to and supports the pastoral task of inculturation of the faith, which aims at an interior renewal, through the power of the Gospel, of modern man's criteria of judgment, the values underlying his decisions, the way he thinks and the models after which his life is patterned.

b. Social doctrine and social pastoral activity
524. The Church's social teaching is the insidpensable reference point that determines the nature, modality, articulation and development of pastoral activity in the social field.

525. The social message of the Gospel must guide the Church in her twofold pastoral activity: that of helping men and women to discover the truth and to choose the path that they will follow, and that of encouraging Christians to bear witness with a spirit of service to the Gospel in the field of social activity.

526. The Church's social doctrine provides the fundamental criteria for pastoral action in the area of social activity: proclaiming the Gospel; placing the Gospel message in the context of social realities; planning actions aimed at the renewal of these realities; and conforming them to the demands of Christian morality.

527. Above all, the pastorla activity of the Church in the social sector must bear witness to the truth of the human person.

c. Social doctrine and formation
528. The Church's social doctrine is an indispensable reference point for a totally integated Christian formation. The insistence of the Magisterium in proposing this doctrine as a source of inspiration for the apostolate and for social action comes from the conviction that it constitutes an extraordinary resource for formation; "this is especially true for the lay faithful who have responsibilities in various fields of social and public life. Above all, it is indispensable that they have a more exact knowledge. . . of the Church's social doctrine." This doctrinal patrimony is neither taught nor known sufficiently, which is part of the reason for its failure to be suitably reflected in concrete behavior.

529.The formative value of the Church's social doctrine should receive more attention in catechesis.

530. In the context of catechesis above all it is important that the teaching of the Church's social doctrine be directed towards motivating action for the evangelization and humanization of temporal realities.

531. The Church's social doctrine must be the basis of an intense and constant work of formation, especially of the lay faithful. Such a formation should take into account their obligations in civil society.