This month marks the 60th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris issued on 11 April 1963. Published just three months before John’s death, it is in a sense his final testament to the world focusing as the title suggests on promoting peace in the world but also enumerating for the first time in Catholic Social Teaching a list of human rights.
John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris
John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris
John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris
This month marks the 60th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris issued on 11 April 1963. Published just three months before John’s death, it is in a sense his final testament to the world focusing as the title suggests on promoting peace in the world but also enumerating for the first time in Catholic Social Teaching a list of human rights.