Pope Leo XIII was the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. His pontificate of 25 years is the fourth-longest reign of any pope, surpassed only by St. Peter the Apostle, Blessed Pius IX and St. John Paul II. His encyclical Rerum Novarum, which bears the English title, “On the Condition of Labor,” was the first time a pope had written a comprehensive encyclical concerning social justice…
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Pope Leo XIII was the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. His pontificate of 25 years is the fourth-longest reign of any pope, surpassed only by St. Peter the Apostle, Blessed Pius IX and St. John Paul II. His encyclical Rerum Novarum, which bears the English title, “On the Condition of Labor,” was the first time a pope had written a comprehensive encyclical concerning social justice…
