Pope Leo XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810-1903) · Italy · Religious Figures · Died at 93

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He steered the Catholic Church through modern industrial upheaval with a pen instead of territory, writing 86 encyclicals in 25 years - most famously the 1891 letter that claimed workers' rights as a Catholic concern and earned him the nickname "Pope of the Workers."

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1903Died20 July 19031889“Pope Leo XIII, from the encyclical w: Quamquam pluries (1889)”In their wordsRead the whole statement

1888“Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory.”In their wordsPrayer to Saint Michael (1888)Read the whole statement

1885“The best parent and guardian of liberty amongst men is truth.”In their wordsEncyclical: Immortale Dei (1885)Read the whole statement

1884“The masonic sect produces fruits that are pernicious and of the bitterest savour.”In their words20 April 1884§10Read the whole statement

“The sect of the Freemasons shows itself insolent and proud of its success, and seems as if it would put no bounds to its pertinacity.”In their words20 April 1884§37Read the whole statement

“The worst kind of heretic is one who, teaching for the most part true Catholic doctrine, adds a word of heresy like a drop of poison in a glass of water.”In their words20 April 1884Il peggior tipo di eretico è colui che, insegnando per la maggior parte la dottrina cattolica vera, aggiunge una parola di eresia come unaRead the whole statement

1878PopeOffice1878-19031877Chamberlain of the Apostolic ChamberOffice1877-18781853CardinalOffice1853-18781846Roman Catholic Bishop of PerugiaOffice1846-18801843Apostolic nuncio to BelgiumOffice1843-1846Titular archbishopOffice1810Born2 March 1810

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The house in Carpineto Romano in which the Pecci brothers grew up

Archbishop Pecci as Nuncio in Brussels

Archbishop Pecci enters Perugia in 1846.

Archbishop Pecci aids the poor in Perugia.

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Pope Leo XIII

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Pope Leo XIII, from the encyclical w: Quamquam pluries (1889)
1889, Own words
Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory.
1888, Prayer to Saint Michael (1888), Own words
The best parent and guardian of liberty amongst men is truth.
1885, Encyclical: Immortale Dei (1885), Own words

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Born Gioacchino Pecci in Carpineto Romano in 1810, he rose through church ranks as an intellectual more than a diplomat. Elected pope in 1878, he inherited a Church stripped of the Papal States and facing a world of socialism, capitalism, and industrial misery. His response was Rerum novarum in 1891: a third way that defended unions and fair wages while rejecting both atheistic socialism and laissez-faire extremes, reshaping Catholic social doctrine for a century of successors. He also revived Thomism as the Church's philosophical spine, sponsored the Editio Leonina, and issued eleven encyclicals on the rosary alone. He died in 1903 after the fourth-longest papal reign on record, never having governed an inch of papal land - the first pope since the 8th century to hold office without temporal rule.

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