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Encyclicals of Pope Paul VI #5
On the Development of Peoples: Populorum Progressio
Encyklika społeczna Pawła VI, ogłoszona 26 marca 1967, w dwa lata po zakończeniu II Soboru Watykańskiego. Określana jako traktat na temat prawa do rozwoju narodów ubogich. Komentarz ks. Jan Krucina.
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Pope Paul VI
264 books32 followersPope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus VI; Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978), reigned as Pope from 21 June 1963 to his death in 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council which he closed in 1965, implementing its numerous reforms, and fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestants, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements. Montini served in the Vatican's Secretariat of State from 1922 to 1954. While in the Secretariat of State, Montini and Domenico Tardini were considered as the closest and most influential colleagues of Pope Pius XII, who in 1954 named him Archbishop of Milan, the largest Italian diocese. Montini automatically became the Secretary of the Italian Bishops Conference. John XXIII elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 1958, and after the death of John XXIII, Montini was considered one of his most likely successors.
Upon his election to the papacy, Montini took the pontifical name Paul VI (the first to take the name "Paul" since 1605) to indicate a renewed worldwide mission to spread the message of Christ, following the example of Apostle St. Paul.[citation needed] He re-convened the Second Vatican Council, which was automatically closed with the death of John XXIII, and gave it priority and direction. After the council had concluded its work, Paul VI took charge of the interpretation and implementation of its mandates, often walking a thin line between the conflicting expectations of various groups within Catholicism. The magnitude and depth of the reforms affecting all fields of Church life during his pontificate exceeded similar reform policies of his predecessors and successors. Paul VI was a Marian devotee, speaking repeatedly to Marian congresses and mariological meetings, visiting Marian shrines and issuing three Marian encyclicals. Following his famous predecessor Saint Ambrose of Milan, he named Mary as the Mother of the Church during the Second Vatican Council. Paul VI sought dialogue with the world, with other Christians, other religions, and atheists, excluding nobody. He saw himself as a humble servant for a suffering humanity and demanded significant changes of the rich in North America and Europe in favour of the poor in the Third World. His positions on birth control, promulgated most famously in the 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae, and other political issues, were often controversial, especially in Western Europe and North America.
Pope Benedict XVI declared that the late pontiff lived a life of heroic virtue and conferred the title of Venerable upon him. Pope Francis beatified him on 19 October 2014 after the recognition of a miracle attributed to his intercession. His liturgical feast is celebrated on the date of his birth on 26 September.
Upon his election to the papacy, Montini took the pontifical name Paul VI (the first to take the name "Paul" since 1605) to indicate a renewed worldwide mission to spread the message of Christ, following the example of Apostle St. Paul.[citation needed] He re-convened the Second Vatican Council, which was automatically closed with the death of John XXIII, and gave it priority and direction. After the council had concluded its work, Paul VI took charge of the interpretation and implementation of its mandates, often walking a thin line between the conflicting expectations of various groups within Catholicism. The magnitude and depth of the reforms affecting all fields of Church life during his pontificate exceeded similar reform policies of his predecessors and successors. Paul VI was a Marian devotee, speaking repeatedly to Marian congresses and mariological meetings, visiting Marian shrines and issuing three Marian encyclicals. Following his famous predecessor Saint Ambrose of Milan, he named Mary as the Mother of the Church during the Second Vatican Council. Paul VI sought dialogue with the world, with other Christians, other religions, and atheists, excluding nobody. He saw himself as a humble servant for a suffering humanity and demanded significant changes of the rich in North America and Europe in favour of the poor in the Third World. His positions on birth control, promulgated most famously in the 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae, and other political issues, were often controversial, especially in Western Europe and North America.
Pope Benedict XVI declared that the late pontiff lived a life of heroic virtue and conferred the title of Venerable upon him. Pope Francis beatified him on 19 October 2014 after the recognition of a miracle attributed to his intercession. His liturgical feast is celebrated on the date of his birth on 26 September.
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October 8, 2025
I have a lot of thoughts
2.5 stars, rounding up
2.5 stars, rounding up
October 17, 2024
Such a unique papal doc. A short journey through google will show you how much controversy surrounds this document. Blah blah blah. I personally like it — maybe some parts felt a little “iffy” to me but i’d rather the Pope give some sort of answer or solution than none. . Some would say the Pope has no place discussing economics, again blah blah blah just let the Pope speak. Idk. One thing this document piqued my interest in, is the concept/teaching of Integral Human Development (IHD) which to me, just seems like a fancy way of saying we all need to imitate the Holy Trinity.
November 3, 2025
Entre algunos comentaristas hodiernos, se suele comentar que el Papa Francisco elaboró un magisterio de cuño socialista. Esta ocurrencia se ha replicado en medios incluso cristianos; ambientes tradicionalistas y sedevacantes hablan incluso ahora de que el Papa León XIV hizo una encíclica “comunista”. Nos referimos a “Dilexi te”. Algunos atribuyen el tono izquierdoso del magisterio contemporáneo a los cambios operados desde el Concilio Vaticano II. Los anteriores asertos deberían someterse a una crítica incisiva.
Lo cierto es que está enclícica parece mostrar la incapacidad de “la libre concurrencia” para resolver los grandes problemas económicas de la humanidad. Por tanto, el Papa llama a que los dirigentes de Estado más prósperos usen sus recursos para apoyar a los países más menesterosos. En realidad, el llamado es para cada individuo: ¿No debería cada uno renunciar a superfluosidades para asistir a otros seres humanos en situación de miseria?
El texto rezuma cierto utopismo de Pablo VI respecto de los alcances de los organismos internacionales y de la cooperación internacional. Más allá de creer en una conspiración judeo-masónica, parece que la generación de eclesiásticos que dirigió la iglesia durante y después del Concilio Vaticano II era tan soñadora como los hippies californianos. Era posible superar las diferencias y ver en cada logro del ser humano, un pulso con el cual la Iglesia podía congratularse, en sintonía con el primer párrafo de “Gaidum et spes”.
La encíclica se centró en temas económicos, sin soslayar el espinoso tema del control de la natalidad. Se recorre el tema de la dignidad del ser humano, el pleno desarrollo de aquél, la migración, la integración, etcétera.
El texto sorprende por la cantidad de temas tratados. Sin embargo, se puede leer, a conciencia, en una tarde.
Lo cierto es que está enclícica parece mostrar la incapacidad de “la libre concurrencia” para resolver los grandes problemas económicas de la humanidad. Por tanto, el Papa llama a que los dirigentes de Estado más prósperos usen sus recursos para apoyar a los países más menesterosos. En realidad, el llamado es para cada individuo: ¿No debería cada uno renunciar a superfluosidades para asistir a otros seres humanos en situación de miseria?
El texto rezuma cierto utopismo de Pablo VI respecto de los alcances de los organismos internacionales y de la cooperación internacional. Más allá de creer en una conspiración judeo-masónica, parece que la generación de eclesiásticos que dirigió la iglesia durante y después del Concilio Vaticano II era tan soñadora como los hippies californianos. Era posible superar las diferencias y ver en cada logro del ser humano, un pulso con el cual la Iglesia podía congratularse, en sintonía con el primer párrafo de “Gaidum et spes”.
La encíclica se centró en temas económicos, sin soslayar el espinoso tema del control de la natalidad. Se recorre el tema de la dignidad del ser humano, el pleno desarrollo de aquél, la migración, la integración, etcétera.
El texto sorprende por la cantidad de temas tratados. Sin embargo, se puede leer, a conciencia, en una tarde.
February 15, 2022
This encyclical is very strong and challenging. I hope to not just read it and move on. It leaves me feeling convicted that being at a loss of where to start is a poor excuse not to start.
Notable quotables, as they say:
“Bent over a material that resists his efforts, a man by his work gives his imprint to it, acquiring, as he does so, perseverance, skill, and a spirit of invention.”
“Let each one examine his conscience, a conscience that conveys a new message for our times. Is he prepared to support out of his own pocket works and undertakings organized in favor of the most destitute? Is he ready to pay higher taxes so that the public authorities can intensify their efforts in favor of development? Is he ready to pay a higher price for imported goods so that the producer may be more justly rewarded?”
“More than any other, the individual who is animated by true charity labors skillfully to discover the causes of misery, to find the means to combat it, to overcome it resolutely.”
Notable quotables, as they say:
“Bent over a material that resists his efforts, a man by his work gives his imprint to it, acquiring, as he does so, perseverance, skill, and a spirit of invention.”
“Let each one examine his conscience, a conscience that conveys a new message for our times. Is he prepared to support out of his own pocket works and undertakings organized in favor of the most destitute? Is he ready to pay higher taxes so that the public authorities can intensify their efforts in favor of development? Is he ready to pay a higher price for imported goods so that the producer may be more justly rewarded?”
“More than any other, the individual who is animated by true charity labors skillfully to discover the causes of misery, to find the means to combat it, to overcome it resolutely.”
August 7, 2025
El Progreso de los Pueblos por parte del Papa, Pablo VI, deja de manifiesto como la iglesia Católica se ha preocupado por el bienestar de la población y el desarrollo humano.
Curiosamente en las universidades no se enseña esta doctrina de la Iglesia, sino la Justicia Social Liberal de Rawls o de Amartya Sen, ideología condenada en algunos aspectos en este escrito y reconocida benefactora en otros aspectos. Sin embargo el Papa invita de forma racional a los Estados, personas y líderes económicos a la misericordia, compasión y ayudar a los países más pobres a su progreso indicando algunos medios y formas para lograrlo de forma humanizante.
Profunda y con un gran alcance su propuesta.
Curiosamente en las universidades no se enseña esta doctrina de la Iglesia, sino la Justicia Social Liberal de Rawls o de Amartya Sen, ideología condenada en algunos aspectos en este escrito y reconocida benefactora en otros aspectos. Sin embargo el Papa invita de forma racional a los Estados, personas y líderes económicos a la misericordia, compasión y ayudar a los países más pobres a su progreso indicando algunos medios y formas para lograrlo de forma humanizante.
Profunda y con un gran alcance su propuesta.
February 18, 2018
Ever wondered what the Church thinks about Economics? Well, look no further. It's striking how relevant this is, in light of the trust some people put on an unregulated free market, but also it reminds epople that property rights should be respected, and that cultural heritage is to be preserved, as well, without the mistakes of nationalism at hand.
June 7, 2021
Released on 26 March 1967, Populorum progressio is an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI on the subject of "the development of peoples", talking about inequality and the social aspect of economic development. Some of the topics are still relevant today...
March 12, 2025
Liberation theology. 1967 encyclical. 87 numbered sections of 1-3 short paragraphs each. A plea to ease the boot off the necks of the poor. Online: https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-v...
December 27, 2024
This was one of the works that solidified my beliefs. It offers a world where Christians do help everyone, especially the marginalized. While he came towards socialist claims, he proved governments and religions can act separately and towards the same goal. A nation's economic system does not make the Satanists. I felt a larger calling to work for social justice through this piece.
May 18, 2015
A manifesto in support of having a global outlook and the need for international cooperation.
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