Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction: Roman Catholic Social Teaching 1

Part I The Classic Texts of Leo XIII and Pius XI 9

Rerum Novarum: The Condition of Labor (Leo XIII, 1891) 12

Introduction 12

Text 14

Quadragesimo Anno: After Forty Years (Pius XI, 1931) 41

Introduction 41

Text 43

Part II Catholic Social Thought in Transition 83

Mater et Magistra: Christianity and Social Progress (John XXIII, 1961) 85

Introduction 85

Text 87

Pacem in Terris: Peace on Earth (John XXIII, 1963) 135

Introduction 135

Text 137

Part III Vatican II and Post-Conciliar Catholic Social Teaching 171

Gaudium et Spes: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Second Vatican Council, 1965) 172

Introduction 172

Text 174

Populorum Progressio: On the Development of Peoples (Paul VI, 1967) 251

Introduction 251

Text 253

Octogesima Adveniens: A Call to Action on the Eightieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum (Paul VI, 1971) 278

Introduction 278

Text 280

Justice in the World (Synod of Bishops, 1971) 304

Introduction 304

Text 305

Evangelii Nuntiandi: Evangelization in the Modern World (Paul VI, 1975) 319

Introduction 319

Text 321

Part IV The Social Teaching of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis 369

Laborem Exercens: On Human Work (John Paul II, 1981) 378

Introduction 378

Text 380

Sollicitudo Rei Socialis: On Social Concern (John Paul II, 1987) 424

Introduction 424

Text 426

Centesimus Annus: On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum (John Paul II, 1991) 471

Introduction 471

Text 473

Caritas in Veritate: On Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth (Benedict XVI, 2009) 526

Introduction 526

Text 528

Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home (Francis, 2015) 589

Introduction 589

Text 593

Index 677