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Fifty years later, ‘Populorum Progressio’ takes on new life through Pope Francis
Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:45
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By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service | twitter: @DennisSadowski
WASHINGTON — These days when Pope Francis talks about integral human development and his vision of a Church that goes to the margins of the world, he likely thanks a predecessor of 50 years ago for the inspiration.
Blessed Paul VI addressed “the progressive development of peoples” as “an object of deep interest and concern to the Church” in his encyclical “Populorum Progressio” (“The Progress of Peoples”) that emerged in the years following the Second Vatican Council.
Source: http://stlouisreview.com/article/2017-03-23/fifty-years-later
