Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical promoting labor and condemning socialism: Rerum Novarum

[ad_1] null / Credit: Sach336699/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 2, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). 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 Novarum and published in May 1891, emphasizes a need for reforms to protect the dignity…