Impact of Catholic Church through history: Rerum Novarum

'Leo XIII addresses Rerum Novarum to the bishops of the Catholic Church. He introduces his reflections by highlighting the social difficulties of the day...'

'Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor...'

'The article offers the author's insights on the views of the Catholic Church on the workplace relations and minimum wages in Australia. The author states that the encyclical "Rerum Novarum," by Pope Leo XIII , articulates the importance of work and the rights of workers...'

'May 15 marked the 130th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s landmark encyclical on human labor, “Rerum Novarum.” Looking at the situation of many workers in the emerging industrial order of the late 19th century, the pope went so far as to claim that “the condition of the working population is the question of the hour.”

'Catholic social teaching emerged in response to the economic, social, and political upheaval of the 18th and 19th centuries. Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical, Rerum novarum, marked a new undertaking for the Catholic Church...'