A Pocket Guide to Rerum Novarum
Pope Leo XIII’s Landmark Encyclical and Its Application to Our Time

This special edition of Rerum Novarum highlights how Pope Leo XIII’s foundational social teaching speaks directly to modern concerns such as artificial intelligence, labor, and economic justice, just as it once addressed the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution. With practical notes and discussion questions, the document explores the rights of workers, the duties of employers, the threats of socialism, and the Church’s enduring role in upholding human dignity through every era.