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New Pope just dropped (hexbear.net)

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He will be going by Pope Leo XIV

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[-] RION@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago

Boring ass papal name. Call me when we get an Urban or something

[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903)

Greatest achievement: Known for his social encyclicals, especially Rerum Novarum, which dealt with the issue of workers' rights and the need for social justice.

[-] Gosplan14_the_Third@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

From a class collaborationist, conservative perspective of course.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

I read it for catechism, and while it's very much a piece of catholic doctrine from the 1800s, it has in it a lot of the seeds of the more socially involved movements within the church.

[-] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

He was anti-communist "both sides" though.

[-] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

If I read the correct document earlier, Rerum Novarum had an extremely reactionary take on class struggle and essentially worshipped private property.