The Church and Labor Popes Pope Benedict XVI offered a

Pope Benedict XVI offered a light: the Church is always—and has always been—a “creative minority

was above all the “lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world…” [T]hat is what he is in the life of the People of God

he garnered significant accolades and appreciation from many leading literary figures and critics of his time

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The Church and Labor Popes Pope Benedict XVI offered aEdited by Joseph Husslein, S. J., & John A. Ryan When Pope Leo XIII issued his encyclical on capital and labor, Rerum novarum, on May 15, 1891, he did not invent a new field of doctrine: Catholic Social Teaching. Rather, he continued a tradition, invoking the authority of his office to articulate the timeless principles of the Gospel and apply them to the social mores and industrial practices of the modern age. For the revolutions in industry and