CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD IN THE LIGHT OF PAPAL TEACHINGS

Valentine Iheanacho

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In the last 120 years the Church has particularly defended the human person: their dignity, human rights, equality, economic and social justice. The Church does so in the conviction that the human person is intrinsically related to the common good. In the light of discernible basic principles of Catholic social teaching as found in the different pronouncements of the Magisterium, this essay takes a historical approach in presenting the evolution of the social doctrine of the Church. It equally underscores certain salient issues where necessary.

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