Encyclical

Four Things to Remember About the Pope’s Environment Letter

The Pope has no special knowledge, insight, or teaching authority pertaining to matters of empirical fact. . . . Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2015

The Splendor of Truth: A Symposium

by Richard John Neuhaus

Richard John Neuhaus In October 1993, Pope John Paul II issued his tenth encyclical, Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth). The tabloids blazoned that the Pope is clamping down on sexual ethics. And yes, it turns out that he hasn't changed his mind on fornication and adultery, but . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 1994

The Pope and the Liberal State

by Russell Hittinger

It is not hard to understand why when Centesimus Annus was issued in 1991, its economic teachings almost immediately received the most attention. For with respect both to substance and emphasis, Centesimus does represent a considerable development in papal social thought on . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 1992

The Economics of Human Freedom

by Pope John Paul II

I propose a “rereading” of Pope Leo’s Encyclical by issuing an invitation to “look back” at the text itself, but also to “look around” at the “new things” that surround us, very different from the “new things” at the final decade of the last . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1991