Pope's social encyclical released

July 07, 2009

The Vatican has released the text of Caritas in Veritate, the long-awaited social encyclical in which Pope Benedict XVI calls for "a profoundly new way of understanding business enterprise" and a global economic system that values the common good above private profits.

Below are links to the text of the encyclical, and some early media reports. For a brief analysis of the encyclical, see today's CWN feature story.

 

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Further information:

• Encyclical letter CARITAS IN VERITATE (full text from Vatican)
• Charity in Truth, a Synthesis (summary from Vatican Radio)
• Pope proposes a 'Christian humanism' for the global economy (National Catholic Reporter)
• Pope proposes new financial order guided by ethics (AP)
• Papal message seeks "global authority" for economy (Reuters)