The Person and Society: The Challenges according to the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church

The article deals with man's formation and action as a person and as a member of society in the light of the Social Teaching of the Church. The Church offers, not only to christians, but to all men of good will, her vision of the formation of society in the service of man. In that context the essential elements of the proposed vision have been analyzed: the individual as a person, and society as a natural context in which man is called to realize himself in relation to himself and in relation with others. As the background of this reflection is contemporary Croatian society, the analysis, evaluation and recommendations are with reference to this concrete situation.