What is the verbal meaning of quadragesimo Anno?
Quadragesimo anno (Latin for “In the 40th Year”) is an encyclical issued by Pope Pius XI on 15 May 1931, 40 years after Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum novarum, further developing Catholic social teaching.
What is the meaning of Rerum novarum?
« of new things
Its name, Rerum novarum, means « of new things » and the document was a response to the industrial revolution that had been taking place since the 18th century, and the emergence of liberal and subsequently Marxist economic theories.
What was the purpose of quadragesimo Anno?
Quadragesimo anno reflects an effort by Pius XI to restore Aquinas’s understanding of general justice to a central place in Catholic political reflection.
Who wrote Laborem Exercens?
Pope John Paul II
Laborem exercens/Authors
Is Pius XI a saint?
He canonized important saints, including Thomas More, Peter Canisius, Bernadette of Lourdes and Don Bosco. He beatified and canonized Thérèse de Lisieux, for whom he held special reverence, and gave equivalent canonization to Albertus Magnus, naming him a Doctor of the Church due to the spiritual power of his writings.
What is the importance of Rerum Novarum?
It is an open letter, passed to all Catholic patriarchs, primates, archbishops and bishops, that addressed the condition of the working classes. It discusses the relationships and mutual duties between labor and capital, as well as government and its citizens.
What is the principle of subsidiarity according to quadragesimo Anno?
The principle of subsidiarity recognises both that the good of the individual person is primary in all discussion of social and political organisation and that persons can live only in communities, which, therefore, have their own specific goods and exercise powers in their own right.
What is the core message of Laborem Exercens?
He urges unions to view their struggle as a positive struggle for social justice, rather than a struggle against an opponent.