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NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-09-2025 5AM EDT
The last Leo was Leo XIII, and he was known for his 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum, of new things. In it, he outlined the rights of workers to fair wages, safe working conditions, and the creation of trade unions. The document also affirmed the right to own property, free enterprise, and it was opposed to both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-09-2025 5AM EDT
Leo XIII was called the social pope or the workers' pope, and he is really seen as the founder of the Catholic Church's social doctrine.