Pacem in Terris: Its Continuing Relevance for the Twenty-First Century (Series on Postmodern Catholic Social Teaching)
By Unknown Author.
Description
This book shares scholarly papers from the "Symposium on the Encyclical Pacem in Terris: Its 50th Anniversary and Its Relevance to the 21st Century." Pacem in Terris was the famous 1963 encyclical letter of Blessed Pope John XXIII on "World Peace." Pope John wrote this encyclical letter to the entire world, partly in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis which almost caused a global nuclear war that would have devastated the human family and all species of life on planet Earth. In this letter, John praised the United Nations and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights a...
ISBN(s)
9781489571182
