Rerum Novarum: The Encyclical That Changed the Modern World
Episode 1 of our new series: The Great Catholic Documents
Throughout this series on Under the Hood, we’ll explore the writings that have shaped Christian thought, Western civilization, and the Church’s understanding of the human person—from the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence.
We begin with perhaps the most influential social encyclical ever written: Rerum Novarum.
More than 130 years ago, Pope Leo XIII looked out at a world transformed by the Industrial Revolution and asked a question that still echoes today:
How can technological progress serve the human person…
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