Human Dignity and the Common Good

RICHARD W. ROUSSEAU is a member of the Society of Jesus. He has been chair of the Theology Department of Boston College, Assistant Director of Faith Order Commission of the National Council of Churches, Dean of the Weston Jesuit Theological Center, Professor and Chair of Theology at the University of Scranton, and is presently the Director of the University of Scranton Press.

• General Introduction and OverviewRerum Novarum: On Capital and Labor of Leo XIII, May 15, 1891Quadragesimo Anno: On the Reconstruction of the Social Order of Pius XI, May 15, 1931Radio Address on Pentecost Sunday Commemorating The Fiftieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum, of Pius XII, June 1, 1941Mater et Magistra: Christianity and Social Progress of John XXIII, May 15, 1961Pacem in Terris: Peace on Earth of John XXIII, April 11, 1963Populorum Progressio: On the Development of Peoples of Paul VI, March 26, 1967Laborem Exercens: On Human Work of John Paul II, September 14, 1981Sollicitudo Rei Socialis: On the Social Teaching of the Church of John Paul II, Dec. 30, 1987Centesimus Annus: On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum of John Paul II, May 1, 1991Index