Pastor Column: Rerum Novarum VIII
From the bulletin of January 24, 2021 We saw fair wages and unions mentioned a little earlier in this document, but now Pope Leo takes a close look at the rationale behind these ideas. We’ve already pointed out that, just because someone agrees to something, it doesn’t make it fair, especially when there is a lot of pressure forcing someone into an unfair arrangement. When the agreement is about something non-essential, it isn’t really the concern of wider society, but wages are because a man’s and wages are necessary for his survival. So, sometimes intervention is required. The...Read More