Rerum Novarum is supposed to be a condemnation of socialism, but not shocking that it wasn’t enough for the capitalist class.
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
on the contrary, they saw it as a threat. it’s because of Leo XIIIs liberalish views on #labor that many #unions across the Américas were organized inside catholic churches.
so calling back to the #pope who inspired millions into unionizing, should be intersting in the era of #AI