''Populorum progressio'' is an

encyclical An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Roman Church. At that time, the word could be used for a letter sent out by any bishop. The word comes from the Late Latin (originally fr ...

written by

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

on the topic of "the development of peoples" and that the economy of the world should serve mankind and not just the few. It was released on 26 March 1967. It touches on a variety of principles of

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such as the right to a just wage; the right to security of employment; the right to fair and reasonable working conditions; the right to join a union; and the universal destination of resources and goods.

Content

"Humanism"

Paul VI espoused a "transcendent humanism which surpasses its nature and bestows new fullness of life", which he described as a 'new humanism'. Citing the ''Integral humanism'' of

Jacques Maritain Jacques Maritain (; 18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised Protestant, he was agnostic before converting to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive Thomas Aquinas fo ...

's ''L'humanisme intégral'', Paul VI declared that the "ultimate goal is a full-bodied humanism". Quoting

Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal ( , , ; ; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal's earliest ...

's ''

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'':

Legacy

Twenty years later,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

issued another

, ''Sollicitudo rei socialis'', in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of ''Populorum progressio''. In 2004, the UK-based nongovernmental development organisation

Catholic Institute for International Relations Progressio (1940–2017) was an international development charity that enabled poor communities to solve their own problems by support from skilled workers. The organisation attempted to influence decisionmakers, secular and religious alike, to su ...

(CIIR), changed its name to Progressio and established Progressio Ireland in

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. The organisation takes its name from this document and is based on Catholic Social Teachings (CST) espoused in the

. In 2009,

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereig ...

published the encyclical ''Caritas in veritate'', which again, addressed many of the themes discussed in ''Populorum progressio''.

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Text of the encyclical
Documents of Pope Paul VI Papal encyclicals Documents of the Catholic Social Teaching tradition 1967 documents 1967 in Christianity March 1967 events Christian humanism {{RC-document-stub

Content

"Humanism"

Legacy

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