The top Pope St. John XXIII quotes from his great social encyclical, Mater et Magistra.

The top Pope St. John XXIII quotes from his great social encyclical, Mater et Magistra.
By material and economic standards the ten poorest countries are in Africa. Conversely, the ten richest countries are mostly in Europe. But this isn’t the whole story.
Is Catholic social teaching just another social theory? No! We would be remiss if we gave the impression that Catholic social teaching is just an alternative sociological, economic or anthropological view of the world, albeit a prescriptive one, with many of its insights being substantiated by these disciplines.