COMMENTARY: A pope named Leo, a world in flux, and a Church seeking direction — the landmark 1891 social encyclical rises to meet the moment. Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903) promulgated the landmark ...
Leo XIV’s namesake penned an encyclical, Rerum Novarum, that critiques both capitalism and socialism. Pope Leo XIII, circa 1880. However unprecedented certain aspects of Robert Prevost’s election to ...
Pope Leo XIII is depicted in a window at Holy Family Church in Mitchell, S.D. His 1891 encyclical on labor, ''Rerum Novarum,'' marks the start of modern Catholic social teaching. (CNS photo from ...
In 1891, Pope Leo XIII began the church’s tradition of social encyclicals with his “Rerum Novarum” (“Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor”). Leo XIII wrote in the context of a world whose economy ...
Among the reasons given for choosing his name, Pope Leo XIV referred to the encyclical Rerum Novarum by his predecessor Leo XIII, which has naturally drawn great attention to that famous encyclical ...
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