Modern Man Listens More Willingly

Without Repeating Everything That We Have Already Mentioned, It Is Appropriate First Of All To Emphasize The Following Point: For The Church, The First Means Of Evangelization Is The Witness Of An Authentically Christian Life, Given Over To God In A Communion That Nothing Should Destroy And At The Same Time Given To One's Neighbor With Limitless Zeal. As We Said Recently To A Group Of Lay People, “modern Man Listens More Willingly To Witnesses Than To Teachers, And If He Does Listen To Teachers, It Is Because They Are Witnesses.

Lord, To Whom Should We Go? Thy Words Are The Words Of Eternal Life.

Individual Initiative Alone And The Mere Free Play Of Competition Could Never Assure Successful Development. One Must Avoid The Risk Of Increasing Still More The Wealth Of The Rich And The Dominion Of The Strong, Whilst Leaving The Poor In Their Misery And Adding To The Servitude Of The Oppressed.

The International Trading System Was Devised By The Rich To Suit Their Needs; It Ignores Those Of The Poor.

Having Rationally Endeavored To Control Nature, Is He Not Now Becoming The Slave Of The Objects Which He Makes?