A Brief History of the Events Leading Up to Rerum Novarum

Catholic Social Teaching does not develop in a vacuum, but in the context of world history. This is an historical 'setting' for the encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII, published in 1891 and considered the watershed of moder CST.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction
00:14 - The industrial revolution
00:46 - Enclosure
01:31 - Capitalists (bourgeoisie) and laborers (proletariat)
02:39 - Disparity of power
03:27 - Child labor
04:09 - Many good things about the industrial revolution, and capitalism
04:45 - But…
05:28 - The Communist manifesto
05:51 - Marxist communism
06:25 - Points from the communist manifesto
07:51 - Points from the communist manifesto (con.)
08:41 - Marxist atheism
09:17 - Rerum Novarum (1891) by Pope Leo XIII