Sr Helen Alford Reflects on Caritas in Veritate

(11 July 09 – RV) International scholars and experts are exploring Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical letter on integral human development Caritas in Veritate, which develops ideas articulated in his predecessor Paul VI’s encyclical letter Populorum Progressio. Veronica Scarisbroke spoke to Dominican Sister Helen Alford, the Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas.  She says Pope’s often return to the themes of their predecessors.