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...Christianity's behalf, the report reminded readers that Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul had put forth a similar system of social thought in their encyclicals Pacem in terris and Populorum progressio. The papal social doctrines, the article suggested, "must have come to the notice of the Peking leaders who may find in them the best evidence that religion, and Christianity in particular, is not a leechlike superstition but a genuine servant of man and, therefore, also of Chinese...
...social activism. As Archbishop Giovanni Battista Montini of Milan, he initiated a range of programs for the workers and poor of that problem-plagued archdiocese. In his travels as Pope, he has repeatedly made a point of seeking out the sick and impoverished. His remarkable 1967 social encyclical, Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples), called on nations to engage in a worldwide program of aggressive social action. Now comes an apostolic letter* in which the Pope addresses his appeal for social reform to the individual Christian, describing personal involvement as a duty...
...ingeniously created. Is [man] not now becoming the slave of the objects he makes?" Paul also scores the "ill-considered exploitation of nature" that may create "an environment for tomorrow which may well be intolerable." Yet on population control he hews to the line he established in Populorum Progressio: governments may encourage only those birth control methods that conform to "the moral law" (i.e., rhythm...
...dedication to the cause of world peace-in Viet Nam, Nigeria and elsewhere. Paul has introduced a subtle new diplomatic policy of negotiation with Communism that has improved the lot of his church in Eastern Europe and may lead to a more fruitful Christian-Marxist dialogue. His encyclical, Populorum Progressio, boldly amplified the writings of John XXIII in expressing sympathy for the economic ambitions of underdeveloped nations...
...major address in Bogota, Pope Paul is expected to urge the church to support moderate economic and political reforms, in the spirit of his social encyclical Populorum Progressio. The unanswered question is whether that sound and humane advice will be too late in coming. Latin America's reactionary clerics, who enthusiastically endorsed his decree on birth control, are not likely to change their ways overnight. Nor are the rebel Catholics, who are already committed to support of violence as man's only hope. To some observers, Latin American Catholicism is heading toward something very like a schism-based...