US EditionWho was Pope Leo XIII?
- The Catholic Church was led from 1878 until 1903 by a pontiff who entered the world in 1810 in Carpineto as the sixth child of a minor Italian noble family; he passed away at the age of 93 after one of the longest papacies in history.
- His pontificate followed years of political change including the loss of papal temporal power and aimed to reconcile the Church with modern states and issues.
- Leo XIII promoted Thomistic philosophy, opened the Vatican Archives, enhanced global missions, and issued the encyclical Rerum Novarum on May 15, 1891, defending workers' rights and private property.
- He described a “spirit of revolutionary change” affecting industrial society and affirmed workers' rights to decent conditions and to strike while condemning socialism and unchecked capitalism.
- Leo XIII's leadership transformed the Church’s social doctrine and modern diplomacy, leaving a legacy that inspired future popes and strengthened the Church’s engagement with modernity and human dignity.
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Who was Leo XIII? The Pope who addressed the rights of workers and of whom Prevost takes his name
During his long pontificate (died at the age of 93), he showed a great commitment to the social doctrine of the Church, in particular to the encyclical of 1891, which addressed issues of workers' rights and social justice.
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elDiarioARThe Antecedent of Leo XIII, a pope concerned about the changes of the industrial revolution
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Who was Pope Leo XIII, the pontiff of the encyclical Rerum Novarum
During his long pontificate, concluded at the age of 93, he distinguished himself for his commitment to the social doctrine of the Church, especially with the encyclical in which he addressed the issues of social justice and workers' rights.
Who was Pope Leo XIII, the father of social doctrine?
(OSV News) -- Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has selected the name Pope Leo XIV, an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who deserves to be called the founding father of Catholic social doctrine in modern times, with his encyclical "Rerum Novarum" as its foundational document. The Catholic Church has taught social morality for many centuries.
Who was Leo XIII the pope of the "Rerum Novarum" who came from Carpineto Romano
In his long pontificate (he died at 93 years) the great commitment in the social doctrine of the Church, in particular with the encyclical of 1891, which addressed the issues related to workers' rights and social justice
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