1: ) John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente, 1994, no. 51.
2: ) The meaning of latifundia in this document is large land holdings, often belonging to absentee o[...]
3: ) The many documents that Catholic Bishops, especially in Latin America, have devoted to the proble[...]
- CHAPTER I PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF LANDHOLDINGS
- The Mortgage of the Past in the Present Situation
4: ) This form of organization of the agricultural sector seems to be on the decline only where agrar[...]
5: ) The following types of distortion deserve particular mention: a) the constitution of reservati[...]
6: ) The term "small farmer" refers, in this document, to an economic subject who operates on the mar[...]
7: ) Cf. FAO, Landlessness: A Growing Problem, Economic and Social Development Series, Rome 1984.
- CHAPTER I PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF LANDHOLDINGS
- Failures of Agrarian Reform
8: ) On the various factors involved in such failure, see: FAO, Lessons from the Green Revolution Tow[...]
- CHAPTER I PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF LANDHOLDINGS
- The Management of Agricultural Exports
9: ) For an analysis of these policies in support of agricultural exports and large-scale commercial [...]
- CHAPTER I PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF LANDHOLDINGS
- Expropriation of the Land of Indigenous Populations
10: ) On this issue, see: Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Les peuples autochtones dans l'ense[...]
- CHAPTER I PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF LANDHOLDINGS
11: ) On the close interconnection in most traditional agrarian economies between land ownership, acce[...]
- CHAPTER I PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF LANDHOLDINGS
- Agricultural Research and Training
12: ) There is more or less unanimous agreement on the very negative effort of shortcomings in agricul[...]
- CHAPTER I PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF LANDHOLDINGS
- Social and Political Consequences
13: ) Cf. UNDP, World Human Development Report 1990, New York.
14: ) Cf. John Paul II, Address to the World Food Summit organised by FAO, 13-17 November 1996, L'Osss[...]
- CHAPTER I PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF LANDHOLDINGS
- Environmental Consequences
15: ) On relationships between concentration of landholdings, rural poverty and environmental degradat[...]
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- The Earth Is God's and He Gives It to All His Children
16: ) The account of Naboth's vineyard is emblematic here (cf. 1 Kings 21).
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- The Jubilee Perspective of Freedom
17: ) Cf. John Paul II, Tertio Millennio Adveniente, nn. 12-13.
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- The Universal Destination of Goods and Private Property
18: ) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 1965, no. 69.
19: ) Cf. John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Mater et Magistra, 1961, no. 69. In his Radio Message for Pent[...]
20: ) This is a natural right because, according to the magisterium of the Church, it is based on the [...]
21: ) "And to be able through his work to make these resources bear fruit, man takes over ownership of[...]
22: ) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Gaudium et Spes, no. 71.
23: ) John XXIII, Mater et Magistra, no. 96.
24: ) "Christian tradition has never upheld this right as absolute and untouchable. On the contrary, i[...]
25: ) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Gaudium et Spes, no. 69.
26: ) Ibid.
27: ) Cf. Summa theologiae, II-II, q. 66, art. 7.
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Condemnation of Latifundia
28: ) Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 1967, no. 23.
29: ) Ownership of the means of production in the agricultural sector "is just and legitimate if it se[...]
30: ) Degradation of the material environment basically leads to degradation of "the human framework [...]
31: ) John Paul II, Laborem Exercens, no. 19.
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Agrarian Reform: Guidelines
32: ) Ibid., no. 21.
33: ) John Paul II, Address to the Indios and Peasants of Mexico, Cuilapan-Oaxaca, 29 January 1979. Th[...]
34: ) Cf. Pius XII, Radio Message (1 September 1944), no. 13; Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Gaudiu[...]
35: ) "If certain landed estates impede the general prosperity because they are extensive, unused or p[...]
36: ) Cf. John XXIII, Mater et Magistra, nn. 110-157.
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Promoting a Wider Distribution of Private Propert
37: ) "First and foremost is this: governments must by means of wise laws ensure private property": Le[...]
38: ) John XXIII, Mater et Magistra, no. 102.
39: ) Public authorities cannot arbitrarily use their right to define the duties of ownership if this [...]
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Promoting Development of Family-Sized Farms
40: ) John XXIII, Mater et Magistra, no. 128.
41: ) "But if we hold to a human and Christian concept of man and the family, we are forced to conside[...]
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Respect for the Community Property of Indigenous Populations
42: ) "In economically less developed societies it often happens that the common destination of goods [...]
43: ) Cf. ibid.
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Following a Just Labour Policy
44: ) "... it is the State that must conduct a just labour policy": John Paul II, Laborem Exercens, no[...]
45: ) The State has a duty to "act against unemployment, which in all cases is an evil, and which, whe[...]
46: ) Remuneration for work performed is just if, besides wages, the worker receives "various social b[...]
47: ) "The experience of history teaches that ... even if it is because of their work needs that peopl[...]
- CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Establishing an Educational System Capable of Bringing about the People's Effective Cultural and Professional Growth
48: ) John Paul II, Centesimus Annus, no. 32.
- CHAPTER III AGRARIAN REFORM: AN INSTRUMENT FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Agrarian Reform: A Necessary Instrument ...
49: ) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Gaudium et Spes, no. 69.
- CHAPTER III AGRARIAN REFORM: AN INSTRUMENT FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Special Concern for Women's Role
50: ) On the important position of women in the production and processing of agricultural production i[...]
51: ) Cf. John Paul II, Letter to Women, 29 June 1995.
- CHAPTER III AGRARIAN REFORM: AN INSTRUMENT FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Respect for the Rights of Indigenous Populations
52: ) However, the advantages of common ownership should not be underestimated, especially in the case[...]
53: ) John Paul II, Tertio Millennio Adveniente, no. 33.
54: ) Cf. ibid., no. 36.
55: ) Cf. ibid., no. 7.
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