On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum: Centissimus Annus

by Pope Saint John Paul II

Paperback, 1991

Barcode

1723

Call number

262.91 JP II

Status

Available

Call number

262.91 JP II

Pages

114

Description

Encyclical letter of the Roman Catholic Pope to mark the hundredth anniversary of TRerum Novarum', Pope Leo XIII's ground breaking encyclical about social issues. John Paul II reflects on recent events in the world community using and furthering the principles of Catholic social teaching. Included as an appendix is a pastoral letter of the Australian Catholic Bishops, TA Century of Catholic Social Teaching', also commemorating TRerum Novarum'.

Publication

United States Catholic Conference (1991)

ISBN

1555864368 / 9781555864361

Rating

½ (10 ratings; 3.9)

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LibraryThing member fulner
This short book was insightful, and difficult. It's hard to tell if St. John Paul the great agrees with me on all political issues, or if that is just my very biases reading of it. We look to see if the need for human freedom is wrapped up in the social teachings of the Church. Socialism is evil
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but so is capitalism. It seems like a market economy is clearly good for human kind but it must be directed to help the most people and not be driven only by profit.

One thing that did catch me here is St. John Paul's use of the phrase "real socialism" most self-described socialists I know use this phrase to refer to some sort of ideal/imaginary system that hasn't' actually been tried, while St. John Paul use this phrase, including the quotes, to refer to the failure of the state run economy of the USSR.
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