John Paul II : Not Just Centesimus Annus...

"The Centenary of the promulgation of the encyclical which begins with the words "Rerum Novarum", by my predecessor of venerable memory Pope Leo XIII, is an occasion of great importance for the present history of the Church and for my own pontificate. It is an encyclical that has the distinction of having been commemorated by solemn papal documents from its fortieth anniversary to its ninetieth. It may be said that its path through history has been marked by other documents which paid tribute to it and applied it to the circumstances of the day."
That's how Pope John Paul II began his encyclical "Centesimus Annus ", published on May 1st
1991.

But this wasn't the only social encyclical this newly Blessed Roman Pontiff wrote, as Dominican Alejandro Crosthwaite, Professor of Catholic Social Teaching at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas here in Rome tells Veronica Scarisbrick ...

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