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An Introduction to
Catholic Social Teaching

Choosing The Common Good
Just released by the Bishops of England and Wales. Presenting some of the key themes of Catholic social teaching. More...

	An abridged version of Populorum Progressio (On the development of peoples) - Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI, 1967 One of the most important social documents issued since Vatican II, Populorum Progressio calls on Christians and all people of goodwill to unite and work for human development in a divided world.

Catholic Social Teaching Documents

Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labour), 1891, Leo XIII

Quadragesimo Anno (On Reconstructing the Social Order)
1931, Pius XI

Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress)
1961, John XXIII

Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), 1963, John XXIII

Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), 1965, Vatican Council II

Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples)
1967, Paul VI

Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action), 1971, Paul VI

Justitia in Mundo (Justice in the World)
1971, Synod of Bishops

Evangelii Nuntiandi (Evangelisation in the Modern World)
1975, Paul VI

Laborem Exercens (On Human Work), 1981, John Paul II

Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern)
1987, John Paul II

Centesimus Annus (On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum), 1991, John Paul II