Why do you think Pope Francis speaks of reconverting to a development that knows how to respect creation rather than converting? Is there wisdom from your own culture’s history, or that of another culture, that can be recovered to help meet this challenge? How are you playing a part in facing this challenge?
How might the development of one country be at the expense of another? Has our use of non-renewable energy sources lead to the oppression of others? Who suffers the most from the pollution generated in the production of the goods that we consume?
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2013–2014 calls on the Christian community and all Australians to stand in solidarity with our neighbours around the world who are living in conditions of extreme poverty. They say that five groups in particular need our support: people who face severe hunger; people who are victims...
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Issued in 2009, Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical to focus exclusively on social justice matters, explores the challenges of integral human development today. Caritas in Veritate, like Pope John Paul II’s social encyclical Sollicitudo rei Socialis, commemorates Paul VI’s encyclical Populorum Progressio and applies its insights to the current situation. After examining the relationship...