Paul VI:"Populorum Progressio"

(Vatican Radio) In 1967 Paul VI promulgated his social encyclical 'Populorum Progressio' on the development of peoples. In this document the Pope called for all nations to initiate dialogue and collaboration so developing countries no longer:
"... risk being overwhelmed by debts whose repayment swallows up the greater part of their gains..."
In an effort to find out more about this social encyclical written by Pope Paul VI in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Veronica Scarisbrick speaks to a Professor of Catholic Social Teaching at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas here in Rome. He's Dominican Father Alejandro Crosthwaite...

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