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Populorum Progressio §66 — Tolle Lege

Encyclicals (Post-V2)

Pope Paul VI

Populorum Progressio §66

Populorum Progressio: On the Development of Peoples

⁶⁶ Human society is sorely ill. The cause is not so much the depletion of natural resources, nor their monopolistic control by a privileged few; it is rather the weakening of brotherly ties between individuals and nations.

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Source: Populorum Progressio (Vatican.va)