Pope Pius XI wrote the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno in 1931 to address the ethical challenges arising from industrialization and the rise of economic systems like capitalism and socialism. He advocated for principles of solidarity and subsidiarity to reconstruct the social order. The encyclical criticized unrestrained capitalism for exploiting workers and called for a social system that respects human dignity and distributes wealth justly. It also discussed the rights of private property, social justice, charity, and the role of civil organizations in society.

1. SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE
CHURCH

2. QUADRAGESIMO ANNO

3. OVERVIEW:
 - Author: Pope Pius XI
 - Release Date: May 15, 1931
 - Discusses the ethical implications of the social and economic order
 - Describes the major dangers for human freedom and dignity arising from
unrestrained capitalism, socialism, and totalitarian communism.
 - Calls for the reconstruction of the social order based on the principles of the
solidarity and subsidiarity.

5. POPE PIUS XI
 Born in May 31, 1957 at Desio, Italy. Died on February 10, 1939 at Rome,Italy
 His true name was Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti
 65 years old when elected Pope
 Spoke out or human dignity
 He was the fourth o the seven children of Francesco Ratti and his wife Signora
Ratti.
 Spoke out against nationalism, racism, anti- semitism and totalitarianism
 Motto: “The peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ”

6. POPE PIUS XI
He was well
known or he was
the first Pope to
utilise the power
of modern
communications
technology in
evangelising the
wider world.
He wrote this
encyclical to address
the ethical challenges
acing workers,
employers, the Church
and the state as a
result of end of the
industrial revolution.
Pope Pius XI wrote this
historic document to
expand on the Church’s
response to challenging
economic times, to
advocate or Christian
morals, and to respond
to the rise of socialism
as an economic system.

7. QUADRAGESIMO ANNO (On The Reconstruction of
The Social Order)
 Social justice and subsidiarity are the two principles that Quadragesimo Anno
clarifies as central to Catholic Social Doctrine
 The encyclical’s articulation of a very substantial prescription for fundamental
social change.
 Characterizes this system as one in which the civil authority accords a juridical
status to different syndicates of employees. This standing confers upon the
syndicate a type of monopoly or negotiating labor agreements or those who
belong to specific professions.

8.  Ethical Mandate:
-the church considers it a perversion of industrial society.
 Three elements in determining fair wage.
 1. workers family responsibilities.
 2.economic conditions of the enterprise
 3.economy as a whole
Capital and Labor

9. Social Order
 INDUSTRIALIZATION
-A society of individuals became a mass and class society.
-the pope demands more solidarity between employers and employees.

10. Problem of capitalism
• danger or small and medium size interprises who have insufficient access to
capital markets.
• They are destroyed that “we would be chained slaves of individual interest”
because of capital interest.

11. Three themes:
 1. Ownership and right to property
 2. Social justice and social charity
 3. Subsidiarity and civil society

12. Ownership and Right to Property
• “the creator himself has given man the right of private ownership not only that
individuals may be able to provide for themself and their families but also the
good which the creator destined for the entire family of mankind.”
• the right of property itself is circumscribed by the necessities of social living.

13. Social Justice and Social Charity
*Consiquences of unrestrained capitalism
exploitation of the working poor
-the impoverishment of rural work house
-unemployment and disparity of wealth economic dictatorship
-the fight to gain supremacy over the state
-social charity not just social justice must be characterizing feature of modern
society

14. Subsidiarity and Civil Society
o Supreme authority of the state was to let local comminities handle matters
appropriate to them
o Pope Pius called for the constitution of organizations
o He calls for engagement on the reconstruction of social order