Justice and international development from Mater et Magistra to Centesimus Annus

Abstract

To understand John Paul II’s vision of the social economy, it is important to put his writings in a historical perspective. This essay offers a brief survey of Catholic social thought on the topic of justice in the context of international development as reflected in several of the important publications from the Vatican during the years 1961‐1991. We have included the views of Pope John XXIII in encyclicals Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris, of the Second Vatican Council in Gaudium et Species, Pope Paul VI in Populorum Progressio and Octogesima Adveniens and of Pope John Paul II in the encyclicals Laborem Exercens, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis and Centesimus Annus.

Citation

Thanawala, K. (1998), "Justice and international development from Mater et Magistra to Centesimus Annus", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 25 No. 11/12, pp. 1739-1754. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299810233402