Published in Holy Spirit Study Centre’s “Tripod”, Spring 2011 Vol. 31 - No. 160, Rerum Novarum 120th Anniversary
Patrick Poon
Full text: http://www.hsstudyc.org.hk/en/tripod_en/en_tripod_160_06.html
Patrick Poon
The first Church document I studied when I took the course “Catholic Social Doctrines” for my Master of Arts in Catholic Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong was Rerum Novarum. I had been working on Chinese human rights issues, and as a committee member of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese, I had also been following various problems facing grassroots people in Hong Kong. I feel that Rerum Novarum is a very prophetic encyclical. Many issues discussed in this Church document still exist today, although it was released 120 years ago. In this article I would like to cite examples from both Hong Kong and mainland China to demonstrate how this document is still very much applicable to situations in our world today.
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