Catholics in England and Wales will warmly welcome this encyclical letter, Caritas in Veritate, as a powerful and thorough application of the vision of Christian faith to the complex problems of human development. ‘Our hope is that it will be widely read as it deserves and rewards careful study. Caritas in Veritate stands firmly in the line of Catholic Social Teaching and most especially in the tradition of Christian humanism, expressed so clearly by Pope Paul VI in Populo