Centesimus Annus – On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum

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By Pope John Paul II

Encyclical letter of Pope John Paul II dated 1 May 1991, addressed to bishops, clergy, religious, all the faithful and all people of good will. It marks the centenary of Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum and proposes a re-reading of that text that looks back at its principles, around at the new things of the present day, and ahead to the future, affirming the permanent value of the Church’s social teaching. Its chapters cover the characteristics of Rerum Novarum, the new things of today, the year 1989, and private property and the universal destination of goods, among others.

Publisher: Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi (booklet edition).

The cover shown is of another English edition of this document. The copy we supply is the Paulines Publications Africa edition.