the plan of God who acts in history (#26). In some countries, the events of 1989 resulted from an encounter between the Church and the workers' movement (#26). The events of 1989 illustrated that the Church's social doctrine of (as well as concrete commitment to) integral human liberation does not necessitate an "impossible" compromise between Christianity and Marxism (#26). International structures that can help rebuild, economically and morally, the countries that have abandoned communism are needed (#27). Marxism's fall has highlighted human interdependence (#27). Peace and prosperity are goods that belong to the whole human race (#27). Aid for Eastern Europe, without a slackening of aid for the Third World, is needed (#28). There must be a change in priorities and values on which economic and political choices are made (#28). The advancement of the poor is an opportunity for the moral, cultural, and economic growth of all humanity (#28). Development must be seen in fully human, and not merely economic, terms (#29). Private property and the universal destination of material goods Catholic social teaching affirms a right to private property that is limited by the common purpose of goods (#30). Work, which is in our day work with and for others, is the human response to God's gifts (#31). The possession of know-how, technology, and skill is surpassing land as the decisive factor of production (#32). The majority of people today do not have the means or the possibility of acquiring the basic knowledge to enter the world of technology and intercommunication. They are thus exploited or marginalized (#33). The human inadequacies of capitalism are far from disappearing (#33). Many human needs are not satisfied in a free market economy (#34). It is a "strict duty of justice and truth" and a requirement of dignity to help needy people acquire expertise and develop the skill to enter the modern economy (#34). The free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to solvent and marketable resources (#34). There are human needs which "find no place on the market"; justice requires these fundamental needs not "remain unsatisfied" (#34). The State needs to control the market to guarantee that the basic needs of society are satisfied, but the Church "acknowledges the legitimate role of profit''" (#35). A business firm is a community of persons, endeavoring to meet their basic needs, who form a group at the service