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As European society was grappling with the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of socialist ideology in the late 1800s, Pope Leo XIII issued an encyclical that expressed empathy with the discontentment of laborers but outright condemnation of the socialist movements of the time.
The papal encyclical, called Rerum Novarumand published in May 1891, emphasizes a need for reforms to protect the dignity of the working class while maintaining a relationship with capital and the existence of private property.
The message was promulgated fewer than 50 years after Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto” in 1848 and after Pope Pius IX denounced both socialism and communism in his 1849 encyclical Nostis et Nobiscum.
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The papal encyclical, called Rerum Novarumand published in May 1891, emphasizes a need for reforms to protect the dignity of the working class while maintaining a relationship with capital and the existence of private property.
The message was promulgated fewer than 50 years after Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto” in 1848 and after Pope Pius IX denounced both socialism and communism in his 1849 encyclical Nostis et Nobiscum.
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Rerum Novarum: Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical promoting labor
As Americans celebrate Labor Day 2024, Pope Leo XIII’s teachings can still help inform readers on the proper relationship between labor and capital.