Pastor’s Column: Rerum Novarum III

From the bulletin of November 29, 2020      Last week, in our walkthrough of his document Rerum Novarum, Pope Leo XIII finished explaining why the denial of private property would not help society to flourish more and then set out to provide his own solution. Of course, this is a letter written by the pope to the whole world, which means it can’t get into specifics and particular situations, but it can give us the main idea and principles we need to apply in our own situation. It may not surprise you to know that Leo says “no practical solution...Read More