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4 days ago · During his 25-year reign (1878-1903), Pope Leo XIII saw major dangers arising in the world. After an alarming vision right after saying Mass — 33 years to the day of the final vision of Fatima on Oct. 13, 1917 — he gave us the Prayer to St. Michael to be recited after Masses beginning in 1886.
Sep 16, 2024 · Issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891, Rerum Novarum is a clear statement of the Catholic Church's position on the relations between capital and labor in modern society. Creator: Pope Leo XIII Publisher: The Catholic Mind, 29:7, (New York: The America Press), April 8, 1931.
Sep 27, 2024 · Pius IX’s successor, Pope Leo XIII, went on to dedicate an encyclical letter to devotion to St. Joseph, “Quamquam pluries.” “Joseph became the guardian, the administrator, and the legal defender of the divine house whose chief he was,” Leo XIII wrote in the encyclical published in 1889.
3 days ago · On October 7th, the Church celebrates the feast day of Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary. The feast day was established by Pope Saint Pius V on the anniversary of the victory at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. The naval victory was attributed to the Virgin Mary whose intercession was entreated through the recitation of the Holy Rosary.
Sep 8, 2024 · Contains selected encyclicals and letters of Clément XII, Benedict XIV, Pius VI, Pius VII, Leo XII, Gregory XVI, and Pius IX. Available online through the HathiTrust Digital Library. Sämmtliche Rundschreiben erlassen von unserem heiligsten Vater Leo XIII by Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903)
5 days ago · Pope is the title, since about the 9th century, of the bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The pope is regarded as the successor of St. Peter and has supreme power of jurisdiction over the Catholic Church in matters of faith and morals, as well as in church discipline and government.
6 days ago · Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy, in the XXI canto of “Paradise,” places St. Peter Damian in the heaven of Saturn, destined for high contemplative spirits. He was declared a doctor of the Church in 1828 by Pope Leo XII.
