Listen to the popes on neoliberalism and the Global South

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Listen to the popes on neoliberalism and the Global South

Just as Pope Paul VI’s controversial encyclical of 1968 – “Humanae Vitae” – foretold the demographic collapse now besetting much of the world, so his landmark “Populorum Progressio: On the Development of Peoples” has proven prophetic since its publication in 1967.  It opens with this lapidary appeal to the consciences of men and women everywhere: “The hungry nations of the […] The post Listen to the popes on neoliberalism and the Global South ap…