Sollicitudi Rei Socialis

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Sollicitudo Rei Socialis was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1987, on the twentieth anniversary of Populorum Progressio. It is part of a larger body of writings known as Catholic social teaching, that trace their origin to Rerum Novarum which was issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891.

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• Sollicitudo Rei Socialis at vatican website