“Love — caritas — is an extraordinary force which leads people to opt for courageous and generous engagement in the field of justice and peace… Caritas in veritate“ is the principle around which the Church’s social doctrine turns, a principle that takes on practical form in the criteria that govern moral action. I would like to consider two of these in particular, of special relevance to the commitment to development in an increasingly globalized society: justice and the common good
Published on: July 7, 2009
Link for ongoing coverage of Caritas in veritate.
To read complete text of the CARITAS IN VERITATE Encyclical go to: http://bit.ly/13vng2
Read also John Allen’s reflections and report about the Encyclical from NCR Today:
* Pope proposes a ‘Christian humanism’ for the global economy
* In preview of new encyclical, Benedict reprises ‘dictatorship of relativism’ speech
Over 20 years ago in 1985 Ratzinger presented a paper entitled “Market Economy and Ethics” at a Rome event dedicated to the Church and the economy. He said a decline in ethics “can actually cause the laws of the market to collapse.”
Read the encyclical for analysis, but it is important that the returns Populorum Progressio of Paul VI. Para descargarla en Español, pueden visitar: http://www.aciprensa.com/Docum/documento.php?id=251
CMGLOBAL.ORG has links to French and Spanish versions. The Vatican site has links to more languages and his two previous encyclicals..