Before Rerum Novarum, There Was Arcanum — By: Crisis Magazine

Since Pope Leo XIV’s election, the encyclical Rerum Novarum, the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching, has been mentioned countless times. It is, arguably, Leo XIII’s most famous encyclical, and for good reason. But anyone familiar with his writings will tell you he also wrote several other tremendous encyclicals on a wide variety of topics. One in particular, written over a decade before Rerum…

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