1.Christians, individually and in the community of the Church, are moved to weep over them as Jeremiah and Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Historical Development Christians, individually and in the community of the Church, are moved to weep over the poor condition of their fellow human beings just as Jeremiah and Jesus wept over Jerusalem..

2. The early Christians were even impelled to seek the peace of the cities in which they dwell as Paul and Augustine sought the peace of Rome. 3. St Francis throwing textiles.wmv In the year 1182 one individual Christian had a sense of social responsibility. He saw the poor condition of the workers of his father in their textile factory. He decided then to throw the textiles of his father to his neighborhood. This is St. Francis of Assisi 4. There had been several individual Christians who like St. Francis of Assisi were sensitive to their social responsibility. Between seventeen and eighteen century however we were brought to a different situation with the birth of industrial revolution. 5. The Industrial Revolution was the transition from agricultural to manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. 6. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, and the development of machine tools. It also included the change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal. 7. Industrial revolution gave us faster transportation, communication and other commodities towards a more comfortable life. There was indeed development and progress in industrial revolution. 8. Development and Progress, but to whose expense? 9. In the nineteenth century, events of an economic nature has indeed produced a dramatic social, political and cultural impact. Events connected with the Industrial Revolution profoundly changed centuries-old societal structures, raising serious problems of justice and posing the first great social question the labor question prompted by the conflict between capital and labor. 10. It is in this situation that the first Social encylical Rerum Novarum (Capital and Labor, 1891) was written by Pope Leo XIII 11. The Church has never failed to show interest in society. Nonetheless, the Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum marks the beginning of a new path. (CSDC,87) Let us be reminded that the Churchs concern for social matters did not begin with rerum novarum. 12. This was the most significant of all the encyclicals. Rerum Novarum broke down the barriers that separated the church from the worker. Never before had the church spoken on social matters in such an official and comprehensive fashion. 13. Rerum Novarum excludes socialism as a remedy to existing problems in industrial revolution. It instead expounds with precision and in contemporary terms the Catholic doctrine on work, the right to property, the principle of collaboration instead of class struggle as the fundamental means for social change. 14. It is also articulated the rights of the weak, the dignity of the poor and obligations of the rich, the perfecting of justice through charity, on the right to form professional associations. (CSDC,89) 15. It was at this time that Pope Pius XI (after Pope Leo XIII: Pope Pius X) published the Encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum. In 1930 there was the Great Depression. It was a severe worldwide economic depression. 16. One Concern of Quadragesimo Anno was the post-war period, during which totalitarian regimes were being imposed in Europe Totalitarianism, is a modern autocratic government in which the state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of its citizens 17. A totalitarian government seeks to control not only all economic and political matters but the attitudes, values, and beliefs of its population, erasing the distinction between state and society. The citizen's duty to the state becomes the primary concern of the community, and the goal of the state is the replacement of existing society with a perfect society. 18. It is in this context that Quadragesimo Anno warns about the failure to respect freedom to form associations and stresses the principles of solidarity and cooperation in order to overcome social contradictions. The relationships between capital and labor must be characterized by cooperation. 19. Quadragesimo Anno confirms the principle that salaries should be proportional not only to the needs of the worker but also to those of the workers family. The State, in its relations with the private sector, should apply the principle of subsidiarity, a principle that will become a permanent element of the Churchs social doctrine. 20. With the Encylcical Divini Redemtoris, on atheistic communism and Christian social doctrine, Pope Pius XI offered a systematic criticism of communism, describing it as intrinsically perverse. In addition to Quadragesimo Anno Pope Pius XI wrote another Social encyclical: Divine Redemtoris on Atheistic Communism, March 19.1937. , 21. and indicated that principal means for correcting the evils perpetrated by it could be found in the fulfillment of the duties of justice at both the interpersonal and social levels in relation to the common good, and the institutionalization of professional and interprofessional groups. 22. Gaudium et Spes Declaration Dignitatis Humanae Second Vatican Council Second Vatican Council 23. How the Vatican is working? How the Pope is working in the Vatican? 24. Shoes of the Fisherman The Shoes of the Fisherman is a 1963 novel by the Australian author Morris West It was a 1968 film based on this novel. Opened Under Pope John XXIII in 1962 closed by Pope Paul VI in 1965. 25. What have we learned from this movie Shoes of the Fisherman? Charity begins at home. There is protocol to follow in Vatican even the Pope. Concern of the Pope to his people a reflection of the concern of Pope Francis. 26. Interreligious relationship is seriously considered by the Pope a reflection of Pope John Paul II. Congregation of Faith has the responsibility to censure those whose Theology is questionable. The Pope has to consult his councils for making a major decision. 27. Gaudium et Spes Pastoral Constitution Gaudium etThe Spes of the Second Vatican Council is a significant response of the Church to the expectations of the contemporary world. A new concept of how to be a community of believers and people of God are reflected. 28. Gaudium et Spes presents the face of a Church that cherishes a feeling of deep solidarity with the human race and its history. 29. Declaration Dignitatis Humanae the right to religious freedom is clearly proclaimed. ON THE RIGHT OF THE PERSON AND OF COMMUNITIES TO SOCIAL AND CIVIL FREEDOM IN MATTERS RELIGIOUS PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI ON DECEMBER 7, 1965 Cambondian Genocide to affirm the right to religious freedom for Christians and members of other religions who were suffering persecution in communist countries. 30. Populorum Progressio was issued March 26, 1967. Literally "On the Progress of Peoples." Pope Paul VI has promulgated two Social Encyclicals. Development is the new name for peace. 31. A development that benefits everyone. It respond to the demands of justice on a global scale that guarantees world wide peace. makes it possible to achieve a complete humanism guided by spiritual values 32. In this regard, in 1967, Pope Paul VI establishes the Pontifical Commission Iustitia et Pax. It fulfills the wishes of the Council Fathers that an organism of the Universal Church be set up in order that both the justice and love of Christ toward the poor might be developed everywhere. 33. Octogesima Adveniens On the Development of Peoples The Background: 34. At the beginning of the 1970s, in a climate of turbulence and strong ideological controversy, Pope Paul VI returns to the social teaching of Pope Leo XIII on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum, with his apostolic Letter octogesima Adveniens. Pope Paul VI On the Development of Peoples 35. The Pope reflects on post industrial society with all of its complex problems It noted the inadequacy of ideologies in responding to these challenges: urbanization, the condition of young people, the condition of women, unemployment, discrimination, emigration, population growth, the influence of the means of social communications, the ecological problem. 36. Pope John Paul II Laborem Exercens Solicitudo Rei Socialis Centesimus Annus 37. Laborem Exercens was written after the Pope had survived an assassination attempt and when the Solidarity movement was directly challenging communism in Poland, events which opened the way for the collapse of a system based on a false doctrine of human nature and a misunderstanding of the purpose of work. Laborem Exercens September 14, 1981. Literally "On Human Work Pope Assasination Attempt 38. Ninety years after Rerum Novarum, Pope Jonh Paul II devoted the Encyclical Laborem Exercens to work, the fundamental good of the human person, the primary element of economic activity and the key to the entire social question. Laborem Exercens outlines a spirituality and ethic of work in the context of a profound theological and philosophical reflection. 39. Work must not be understood only in the objective and material sense, but one must keep in mind its subjective dimension, insofar as it is always an expression of the person. Heart Of Moses work has all the dignity of being in which the persons natural and supernatural vocation must find fulfillment. 40. Solicitudo Rei Socialis The Background: 41. With the Encyclical Solicitudo Rei Socialis, Pope John Paul II commemorates the twentieth anniversary of Populorum Progressio. 42. It deals once more with the theme of development along two fundamental lines: the dramatic situation of the modern world, under the aspect of the failed development of the Thrid World the meaning of conditions and requirements for a development worthy of man. 43. The Encyclical presents differences between progress and development, and insists that true development cannot be limited to the multiplication of goods and service - to what one possesses - but must contribute to the fullness of the being of man. 44. Centesimus Annus The Background 45. Issued on May 1, 1991. Literally, "The Hundredth Year," commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of Rerum Novarum. Centesimus Annus brought Rerum Novarum up to date and tied it to "the preferential option for the poor." It is done in the context of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Centesimus Annus still criticized both capitalism and communism. 46. Pope Paul VI expanding the concept to cover the many modern aspects of the social question, speaks of civilization of love. Pope John Paul II demonstrates how the Churchs social teaching moves along the axis of reciprocity between God and man. That is, it recognize God in every person and every person in God which is the condition of authentic human development. 47. Pope Benedict The XVI 48. Charity in truth, to which Jesus Christ bore witness by his earthly life and especially by his death and resurrection, is the principal driving force behind the authentic development of every person and of all humanity. Love caritas is an extraordinary force which leads people to opt for courageous and generous engagement in the field of justice and peace. 49. Charity is at the heart of the Church's social doctrine. Every responsibility and every commitment spelt out by that doctrine is derived from charity which, according to the teaching of Jesus, is the synthesis of the entire Law (cf. Mt 22:36- 40). 50. It gives real substance to the personal relationship with God and with neighbour; it is the principle not only of micro- relationships (with friends, with family members or within small groups) but also of macro- relationships (social, economic and political ones). 51. For the Church, instructed by the Gospel, charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first Encyclical Letter, God is love (Deus Caritas Est): everything has its origin in God's love, everything is shaped by it, everything is directed towards it. Love is God's greatest gift to humanity, it is his promise and our hope. 52. Pope Francis 53. Lumen Fidei begins with a brief survey of the biblical history of faith, starting with Gods call to Abraham to leave his land the beginning of an exodus which points him to an uncertain future and Gods promise that Abraham will be father of a great nation. Lumen Fidei 54. The Bible also illustrates how men and women break faith with God by worshipping substitutes for him. 55. Idols exist, we begin to see, as a pretext for setting ourselves at the center of reality and worshipping the work of our own hands, the Pope writes. Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires Idolatry, then, is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another.