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Article: Meter et magistra, after all. (Pope John Paul II's new encyclical on economic and social policies) (editorial)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- May 27, 1991
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ON MAY 1 the Vatican issued Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year), John Paul II's encyclical marking the centenary of Leo XIII's encyclical Rerun Novarum (New Things). May Day will never be the same.
As we anticipated in these pages, the new encyclical is both a sharp challenge to capitalists and a remarkably firm affirmation of capitalism. The Pope asks, "Can it perhaps be said that, after the failure of Communism, capitalism is the victorious social system, and that capitalism is the victorious social system, and that capitalism should be the goal of the countries now making efforts to rebuild their economy and society?" If capitalism refers to the ...
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