Pope Leo Xiv Research Paper

Pope Leo Xiii

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII was the first pope to try and bring the Roman Catholic Church into harmony with the modern world. He continued the efforts of his predecessor Pius IX to gain independence for the Vatican from Italy. It could be argued that Christianity Survived through Pope Leo XIII because of his political and social work.

Pope Leo XIII’s real name was Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci. He was born on March 2, 1810, in Carpineto, Italy. Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci was the sixth of the seven sons of Count Lodovico Pecci. When he was eight he and his brother, Giuseppe were sent to study at the Jesuit school in Viterbo. After Leaving the Jesuit school he took up the study of theology. In 1832
Abell, Aaron. " 'Rerum Novarum ' and Henry George, The Reception of Leo XIII 's

Labor Encyclical in America, 1891-1919 ." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 6. no. 4 (1947): 572-573. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3483765?seq=1http://www.jstor.org/stable/3483765?seq=1.

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1944), 133.

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Random House Inc, 2011), 421.

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1944), 133-134.

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Random House Inc, 2011),