La question sociale et les essais de sa résolution à partir de Rerum novarum à Centesimus annus
The social question and the tests of its resolution from Rerum novarum to Centesimus annus

Summary/Abstract: The term social issue was introduced in the nineteenth century as a description of the location of a group, class or social layer in a global society, with particular emphasis on economic and social relations that occur between a given group and other subjects of social life. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the social issue was identified with the workers' issue. Nowadays, other important aspects are emphasized, such as: maladjustment of agriculture to the level of social development, underdevelopment and economic development of regions, countries and continents, problems of ecology, violation of human rights, threats to internal and external peace. The essence of the social issue, regardless of conditions, is the unjust division of material goods and the negation of human dignity by limiting its fundamental rights. The aim of the article is to present the evolution of the social teaching of the Catholic Church on the social issue. Popes, from Leo XIII to John Paul II, in the social encyclicals pointed to the necessity of reforms based on justice and social love. The criteria for assessing political systems and social phenomena are the principles of common good, subsidiarity and solidarity.

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