Mater Et

Magistra May 15, 1961

Christianity and Social Progress

Reported by:
Carmella Delos Santos
Vinice Noela Mendoza
 Pope John XXIII
1881-1963

Pope John XXIII was head of the

Catholic Church and sovereign of the
Vatican City State from 28 October 1958
until his death in June 1963.
 Background

The world had changed considerably in

the previous 30 years both politically
and economically, but vast poverty
remained across the globe.
• Mater et Magistra addresses the problems of non-
industrialized countries. Pope John XXIII
commends wealthy nations that help less wealthy
nations. Sharing surplus food and other resources
with other countries in need is required by "justice
and humanity.

Mater et Magistra – “Mother and Teacher” (1961)

refers to the role of the church.
 • It describes a necessity to work
towards authentic community in order
to promote human dignity.

Healthcare Education Housing

 PROBLEMS
 On the national level  On the international level
● the provision of employment -- the prevention ● the removal of bad faith from the competitive
of privileged groups among workers, striving of peoples to increase output,
● the maintenance of a balance between wages ● the fostering of harmony and cooperation in
and prices, economic affairs,
● universal accessibility to goods and services ● and effective aid for the economically
for a better life, underdeveloped nations
● the elimination or reduction of inequalities
among agriculture, industry, and services,
● the balancing of increases in output with
advances in services,
● the adjustment of the means of production to
technological progress.
 SOLUTIONS
● Rural dwellers must receive all essential public services.
● Farmers should be enabled to increase output through an
orderly introduction of new technology.
● The government should tax farmers in accordance with their
peculiar circumstances.
● Farmers should have available to them: capital at reasonable
rates of interest, social security and insurance, price, the
means to strengthen farm income.
The encyclicals emphasizes the following:
● The recognition of work as a human activity

● The right to private property

● The right of workers to enter into association.

● Most importantly he reaffirms the belief that all of these activities

must be undertaken in accordance with the idea of Christian
brotherhood.

● Relationship between workers and managers whose relationship

should re-established based on justice and equity.
Moral Principles

Relationship between workers

and managers whose
relationship should be re-
established based on justice and
equity.
Conclusion
A nation should balance economic
development with social progress and not
sacrifice the welfare of its people for monetary
gain. The wealthiest nations of the world
should act to help those countries who are less
developed and whose people struggle for the
life’s basic necessities. Aid from the developed
world should come in the form of food for the
hungry, but also technology and infrastructure
to help other nations develop themselves.
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