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Encyclical Date Pope About

Rerum Novarum On the Condition of Labor 1891 Pope Leo XIII   It is the first comprehensive document of social justice especially on the

subject of worker’s rights. It is considered the Magna Carta of the Church’s

Social Doctine.

Quadragessimo Anno The Reconstruction of Social

Order

1931 Pope Pius XI   He introduced here the concept of subsidiarity saying that social problems

should be resolved on more local levels f irst.  Furthermore, this encyclical dealt on social responsibility of ownership, and

unity between capital and labor.

Mater et Magistra On Christianity and Social

Progress

1961 Pope John XXIII   Pope John XXIII issued this encyclical to commemorate the 70th anniversary

of Rerum.

  He confirms the teachings on the value of private initiative, just wages, social

function of private property and addresses for the first time the plight of non

industrialized nations

Pacem in Terris Peace on Earth 1963 Pope John XXIII   Pope John XXIII issued this encyclical during the course of Vatican 2 and

shortly after the Cuban missile crisis. It was the first

encyclical which addresses Catholics as well as non Catholics.  It is the first encyclical ever to treat human rights in detail.

Gaudium et Spes Pastoral Constitution of the

Church in the Modern World,

Vatican 2

1965 stand of the

majority of the

world’s bishops

during Vatican 2

  This is the stand of the majority of the world’s bishops during Vatican 2. It

deals on the duties of the people of God to scrutinize the signs of the times in

the light of the Gospel.

  It links the political issue of peace to the international economic order and

human development.

Populorum Progressio On Delopment of Peoples 1967 Pope Paul VI   Issued during the time of Pope Paul VI.

  The first encyclical that dealt on the social problems and international

development.

  Furthermore, it advocates economic planning and aid to promotedevelopment.

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