The social message of John Paul II’s encyclicals in the implementation of horizontal principles in EU projects

Marek Proniewski; Andrzej Proniewski; Arkadiusz Niedźwiecki

Published: 2023-12-311

Vol. 22 (2023)

The social message of John Paul II’s encyclicals in the implementation of horizontal principles in EU projects

Marek Proniewski , Andrzej Proniewski , Arkadiusz Niedźwiecki

Abstract

As it is indicated by the analysis of source documents and literature of the subject, John Paul II can be considered a proponent of human rights, which has been expressed in particular in his numerous works. During his pontificate, Pope John Paul II issued many encyclicals and other documents in which he discussed the issues ad naturam of human rights in many aspects (not only in the context of the teaching of the Catholic Church), including pointing to the essential social and individual value of human dignity, freedom and social justice for a particular man. The issue of social values is at the same time the essence of horizontal principles, which should be implemented for the benefit of society in connection with the implementation of projects co-financed from European Union funds. Although the strategic documents of the EU, which specify the concept of “horizontal principles”, do not directly indicate the inspiration of the achievements of John Paul II’s social thought, in the opinion of the authors, the requirement to implement horizontal principles in EU projects is part of the essence of the message of papal encyclicals.

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encyclicals of John Paul II, horizontal principles, EU projects, economic and social policy, encykliki Jana Pawła II, zasady horyzontalne, projekty UE, polityka gospodarcza i społeczna

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Marek Proniewski

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University of Bialystok Poland

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PRONIEWSKI MAREK, Prof. Hab. PhD, the author and co-author of many publications in the field of European economic integration, regional and economic policy, determinants and strategies of regional development, author of the „Development of peripheral regions in the European Union. Selected aspects”. He works as a university teacher at University of Białystok.

Andrzej Proniewski

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University of Bialystok Poland

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ANDRZEJ PRONIEWSKI, Rev. Prof. University of Białystok, Hab. PhD, Head of the Chair of Catholic Theology at the University of Bialystok, Director of the Institute of Theology in Bialystok, editor of the journals: Annual of Catholic Theology and Studies in Dogmatic Theology, Vice-Chairman of the Commission of Humanities of the Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn and Białystok, member of the International Institute for Hermeneutics, the Society of Dogmatic Theologians, the Association of Fundamentalist Theologians and the Polish Mariological Society in Poland.

Arkadiusz Niedźwiecki

a.niedzwiecki@uwb.edu.pl

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University of Bialystok Poland

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NIEDŹWIECKI ARKADIUSZ, PhD, the author and co-author of publications in the field of financial market, investing, stock exchange, economic policy and economic integration, co-author of the „Warsaw Stock Exchange. Retrospective view”. He works as a university teacher at University of Białystok.

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