Nearly all of Blessed Pope Paul VI’s treatment of the family in his 1967 social encyclical Populorum Progessio (The Development of Peoples) is contained in Paragraph 36: Man is not really himself, ...

Fifty years ago, Pope Blessed Paul VI issued his only encyclical devoted to Catholic social teaching, Populorum Progressio (The Development of Peoples). The encyclical was the second to last he would ...

2017 celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most important texts of Catholic social thought of the last century: Blessed Pope Paul VI’s Populorum Progressio (“On the Progress of Peoples”), ...

These days when Pope Francis talks about integral human development and his vision of a church that goes to the margins of the world, he undoubtedly thanks a predecessor of 50 years ago for the ...

“The world is sick. The poor nations remain poor while the rich ones become still richer. The very life of poor na tions, civil peace in developing countries, and world peace itself are at stake.” So, ...

Last week in Lima, Peru, the administrative arm of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation concluded its annual meeting, announcing 212 new initiatives which they hope will provide material and ...

The great social encyclical of Paul VI, who for the first time extended the social teaching of the Churc hworldwide, is the focus of a meeting which will also be attended by representatives of the ...

Dated Easter Sunday, March 26, Pope Pauls fifth major encyclical is an urgent appeal to the rich nations of a sick world to increase and organize more efficiently the economic aid they are giving to ...

Blessed Paul VI's encyclical Populorum Progressio ("The Progress of Peoples") institutionalized social action efforts in the U.S. Catholic Church that continue in one form or another today. Many ...

Callao (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Catholics are taking part in the 9th National Social Week 26-30 September promoted by the local Catholic Church. The event, organised by various commissions of the ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The members of the administrative council of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation are due to meet in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 9 to 12 July to consider the financing of ...

The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, was in New York yesterday addressing the U.N., where he delivered a speech calling for reform of the “world authority”. “Were Pope Paul here with us today he ...