Three Encyclicals

Three Encyclicals

Three Papal Encyclicals, all related to the issue of social justice, were issued on this day: Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII in 1891; Quadragesimo Anno by Pope Pius XI in 1931; and Mater et Magistra by Pope John XXIII in 1961.

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