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Work & Labor

Human work, workers' rights, unions and just wages.

Also called labor, workers, just wage, unions.

16 documents

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1890s

  1. Rerum Novarum15 May 1891On Capital and LaborPope

1930s

  1. Quadragesimo Anno15 May 1931On Reconstruction of the Social OrderPope
  2. Divini Redemptoris19 March 1937On Atheistic CommunismPope

1940s

  1. La solennità della Pentecoste1 June 1941Radio Message for Pentecost (50th anniversary of Rerum Novarum)Pope

1960s

  1. Closing Message to Workers8 December 1965Closing Message of the Council to WorkersPope
  2. Mater et Magistra15 May 1961On Christianity and Social ProgressPope
  3. Nazareth5 January 1964Address at the Basilica of the Annunciation, NazarethPope
  4. Message des évêques du Tiers-Monde†August 1967Message to the Peoples of the Third World (18 bishops)Ecclesial Initiatives

1980s

  1. Laborem Exercens14 September 1981On human workPope
  2. Economic Justice for AllNovember 1986Economic Justice for AllBishops' Conferences

1990s

  1. Centesimus Annus1 May 1991On the centenary of Rerum NovarumPope

2000s

  1. Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church2 April 2004Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the ChurchRoman Curia
  2. Caritas in veritate29 June 2009On integral human development in charity and truthPope

2010s

  1. Vocation of the Business Leader†March 2012Vocation of the Business Leader: A ReflectionRoman Curia

2020s

  1. Catechesis on St Joseph17 November 2021 – 16 February 2022Twelve catecheses on St Joseph in the year dedicated to him, 2021-2022Pope
  2. Magnifica humanitas15 May 2026On safeguarding the human person in the age of artificial intelligencePope