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COOPERATION TO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
- 446.
- “The solution to the problem of development requires cooperation among individual political communities.”
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Mater et Magistra: AAS 53 (1961), 499.
- Pius XII, Christmas Radio Message (24 December 1945): AAS 38 (1946), 22.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 16: AAS 80 (1988), 531.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 36-37, 39: AAS 80 (1988), 561-564, 567.
- “These difficulties must nonetheless be met with strong and resolute determination, because development is not only an aspiration but a right that, like every right, implies a duty.”
- Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 22: AAS 59 (1967), 268.
- Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Octogesima Adveniens, 43: AAS 63 (1971), 431-432.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 32-33: AAS 80 (1988), 556-559.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 35: AAS 83 (1991), 836-838.
- Paul VI, Address to the International Labour Organization (10 June 1969), 22: AAS 61 (1969), 500-501.
- John Paul II, Address to the Participants in the European Convention on the Church's Social Teaching (20 June 1997), 5: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 23 July 1997, p. 3.
- John Paul II, Address to Italian Business and Trade-Union Leaders (2 May 2000), 3: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 10 May 2000, p. 5.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 32: AAS 80 (1988), 556.
- 447.
- “The Church’s social doctrine encourages forms of cooperation that are capable of facilitating access to the international market on the part of countries suffering from poverty and underdevelopment.”
- 448.
- “The spirit of international cooperation requires that, beyond the strict market mentality, there should be an awareness of the duty to solidarity, justice and universal charity.”
THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
- 449.
- “At the beginning of the New Millennium, the poverty of billions of men and women is ‘the one issue that most challenges our human and Christian consciences.’”
- John Paul II, Message for the 2000 World Day of Peace, 14: AAS 92 (2000), 366.
- John Paul II, Message for the 1993 World Day of Peace, 1: AAS 85 (1993), 429-430.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 33: AAS 80 (1988), 558.
- Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 47: AAS 59 (1967), 280.
- Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 6: AAS 59 (1967), 260.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 28: AAS 80 (1988), 548-550.
- Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 20-21: AAS 59 (1967), 267-268.
- “The fight against poverty finds a strong motivation in the option or preferential love of the Church for the poor.”
- John Paul II, Address to the Third General Conference of Latin American Bishops, Puebla, Mexico (28 January 1979), I/8: AAS 71 (1979), 194-195.
- Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 22: AAS 59 (1967), 268.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 38: AAS 80 (1988), 566.
- Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 55: AAS 59 (1967), 284.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 44: AAS 80 (1988), 575-577.
- John Paul II, Message for the World Day of Peace 2000, 14: AAS 92 (2000), 366.
FOREIGN DEBT
- 450.
- “The right to development must be taken into account when considering questions related to the debt crisis of many poor countries.”
- John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente, 51: AAS 87 (1995), 36.
- John Paul II, Message for the 1998 World Day of Peace, 4: AAS 90 (1998), 151-152.
- John Paul II, Address to the Conference of the Inter-Parliamentarian Union (30 November 1998): Insegnamenti di Giovanni Paolo II, XXI, 2 (1998), 1162-1163.
- John Paul II, Message for the 1999 World Day of Peace, 9: AAS 91 (1999), 383-384.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 35: AAS 83 (1991), 838.
- At the Service of the Human Community: an Ethical Approach to the International Debt Question, published by the Pontifical Commission “Iustitia et Pax” (27 December 1986), Vatican City 1986.
