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Rerum Novarum: The Ground-breaking Encyclical that Defined the Core of Catholic Social Teaching

The year was 1891.  In the wake of the Industrial Revolution sweeping the Western world at the time, radical changes were taking place in society regarding working conditions, property ownership, government responsibility vs. individual responsibility, and most fundamentally regarding the critical importance of recognizing the dignity of each individual human person. Looking at these social…

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