| Populorum progressio Latin for 'The Development of Peoples' Encyclical ofPopePaul VI | |
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| Signature date | 26 March 1967 |
| Subject | The need to promote the development of peoples |
| Number | 5 of 7 of the pontificate |
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Populorum progressio is anencyclical written byPope Paul VI 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 ofCatholic social teaching such as the right to ajust wage; the right tosecurity of employment; the right to fair and reasonable working conditions; the right to join a union; and theuniversal destination of resources and goods.
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Paul VI espoused a "transcendent humanism which surpasses its nature and bestows new fullness of life", which he described as a 'new humanism'. Drawing on theIntegral humanism ofJacques Maritain'sL'humanisme intégral, Paul VI declared that the "ultimate goal is a full-bodied humanism". CitingBlaise Pascal'sPensées:
True humanism points the way toward God and acknowledges the task to which we are called, the task which offers us the real meaning of human life. Man is not the ultimate measure of man. Man becomes truly man only by passing beyond himself. In the words of Pascal: "Man infinitely surpasses man."[1]
Twenty years later,Pope John Paul II issued anotherencyclical,Sollicitudo rei socialis, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary ofPopulorum progressio.
In 2004, the UK-based nongovernmental development organisationCatholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR), changed its name toProgressio and establishedProgressio Ireland inDublin. The organisation takes its name from this document and is based onCatholic Social Teachings (CST) espoused in theencyclical.
In 2009,Pope Benedict XVI published the encyclicalCaritas in Veritate, which addressed many of the themes discussed inPopulorum progressio.
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