Núm. 25, enero-junio (2014)

Written in 1991, declared as the year of the Church's Social Doctrine, on the centenary of Rerum Novarum, this encyclical letter aims to demonstrate the fruitfulness of the Leonine document so as to contribute to the development of Catholic Social Doctrine, as well as to analyze certain historical facts in order to be able discern the new demands for evangelization. The key idea of this document is economy, and the hundred years old problem of ideologies.

This article addresses the issue of excellence as one of the qualities to be developed during professional training, in order to later apply it to the workplace. This is a pedagogical discourse that aims to highlight the importance of this specifically human attribute; and point out that this is a personal decision involving free will. It springs from the idea that human development is influenced by family and school, and continues to develop further in life as we learn and assimilate a set of values, habits and skills, molding our personality. This will acquire special significance when faced by diverse challenges at the workplace.