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Beloved Co-Laborers: A Leadership Framework From Leo Xiii’S Writings On The Dignity Of Labor, Henry J. Davis
Beloved Co-Laborers: A Leadership Framework From Leo Xiii’S Writings On The Dignity Of Labor, Henry J. Davis
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Many sources identified 19th-century Pope Leo XIII as one of the fathers of modern-day Roman Catholic social teachings. Throughout his church leadership life, Leo authored pastoral and encyclical letters on topics addressing the dignity of labor. In this historical analysis study, the objective was to code Leo’s 1877-1878 Lenten Pastoral Letters, his labor encyclical Rerum Novarum, and the Rerum-inspired Graves de Communi Re to extract major recurring themes on the importance of working-class labor and the inherent worth of all human beings. The purpose of this study was to consider the leadership of Pope Leo XIII on the dignity of …