The New Social Encyclical, ”Caritas in Veritate”, and Value Orientation in Development Policy

At the end of June this year, Pope Benedikt XVI published his new social encyclical, ”Caritas in veritate”. Appearing in the age of globalization forty years after ”Populorum progressio”, it marks the Vatican’s return to the social question. Guided by the Catholic social doctrine, the document is intended to provide orientation in the face of the changes induced by globalization in the state, the markets, and civil society.