Visit the homepage for more information. During his years as pope (1878-1903), Leo XIII wrote many significant encyclicals. His 1891 encyclical, On the Condition of Labor, initiated the Church's ...

Dilexit nos is Pope Francis' fourth encyclical, following Lumen fidei (June 29, 2013), co-written with Benedict XVI; Laudato ...

Before Francis, Pope Paul VI issued his 1966 Populorum Progressio on the challenge of poverty and inequality at the individual and even country levels. The three encyclicals showed papal concern ...