centenimus annus (the 100th year)
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100th Anniversary
CENTESIMUS ANNUS
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Centesimus Annus = “Hundredth Year”
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Overview•
Created for the 1ooth year anniversary of “Rerum Novarum”. • Issued by Blessed John Paul II in 1991
• Examines contemporaneous political and economic issues
• Written during the last days of the Cold War
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Cold War-a tension of political and military powers in the western bloc• Focused on the downfall of communism in Europe
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Downfall of Communism
According to Blessed John Paul II (1991), there are three “decisivefactors” that lead to the downfall of communism:
• The violation of the rights of workers
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the inefficiency of the economic system, which preventedinitiative, private ownership and economic freedom
• the spiritual void of atheism, which had denied purpose andmeaning in life for younger generations
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PRINCIPLES
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Subsidiarity•
A community of a higher order should not interfere in the internallife of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of itsfunctions, but rather should support it in case of need and help tocoordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society,always with a view to the common good
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QUESTIONS?
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Question and Answer•
What is the name of thisencyclical?
• When and Who issued thisencyclical?
• One of the focus of this encyclicalis the downfall of what? BeSpecific
• Define Solidarity
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Centinimus Annus
• 1991; Blessed/Pope John Paul II
• Communism in Europe
• unity or agreement of feeling or
action, especially amongindividuals with a commoninterest; mutual support within agroup