With a potential new encyclical on socioeconomic issues in the works (and in the news), I thought I would go back and read the last one Centesimus Annus by John Paul II. To that end, I'm starting a seven-part series on Centesimus Annus. Each part will represent a section of the document.
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Characteristics of "Rerum Novarum"
Part 3: Towards the "New Things" of Today
Part 4: The Year 1989
Part 5: Private Property and the Universal Destination of Material Goods
Part 6: State and Culture
Part 7: Man is the Way of the Church