In
Divini redemptoris, Plus XI called Communism "a satanic scourge" (No.
Pius XI later confirmed this interpretation of social justice in another encyclical,
Divini Redemptoris, when he writes: "Now it is of the very essence of social justice to demand for each individual all that is necessary for the common good.
Tokia pozicija buvo issakyta popieziaus Pijaus XI enciklikose Quadragessimo anno (1931), ir
Divini redemptoris (1937).
Pius XI had also condemned communism, in the Encyclical
Divini Redemptoris.
For an example of papal statements condemning communism, see Pope Paul XI,
Divini Redemptoris, March 1937.
Pius XI attacked communism in his encyclical
Divini Redemptoris and Nazism in Mit Brennender Sorge, both in 1937.
The catechism departs from an essentially scriptural exegesis on the Second Coming to cite Pope Plus XI's 1937 encyclical
Divini redemptoris rejecting the idea that messianic hope can be made "within history," stating that it can only be made "beyond history through the eschatological judgment.
Like the collapsed Soviet Union, the New Labour government is just another manifestation of the diabolical ideology described in 1937 by Pope Pius XI in his encyclical
Divini Redemptoris on atheistic communism which always and everywhere seeks to upset the social order and undermine the very foundations of Christian civilization.
Pius XII finally officially introduced this concept into Roman Catholic social doctrine with Quadragesimo Anno (May 15, 1931) and
Divini Redemptoris (March 19, 1937).
In the first instance, Pope Pius XI in his 1937 encyclical
Divini redemptoris demonstrates the connection between social justice and the common good.
It is to put the State in the place of God; hence, as Pius XI declared in 1937 in
Divini redemptoris, communism is inherently atheistic.
Hayek criticized the encyclicals, Quadragesimo Anno (1931) and
Divini Redemptoris (1937), of Pope Pius XI for having "made the aim of 'social justice' part of its official doctrine" (Ibid.
