‘Rerum Novarum,’ an encyclical from Pope Leo XIII, defends workers amid industrialization, advising of the shared responsibility of Church and state.
An unfailing treasure: ‘Rerum Novarum’ and defending the working class
Social ministry ‘fundamentally a work of faith,’ cardinal says
The Mass celebrated by Cardinal Wilton Gregory came on the final day of the Jan. 28-31 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. The meeting addressed workers’ rights, migrants and refugees, housing inequities, hunger and food insecurity, poverty, climate change, systemic racism, gun violence, restorative justice, abortion, domestic violence, and “pro-woman and pro-family policies.”