Pope Leo XIII Volume II

Among the encyclical letters of the Popes, none is more remarkable than those of Leo XIII, especially with reference to the teaching of the Church on social, economic, and political questions.

Etienne Gilson

The Social Teaching of Leo XIII

 

 

“Just as the sun,” a person wrote at the time, “goes down behind the cupola of Saint Peter, and everything sinks into gold and purple, so also the life of this Pope was extinguished.”

Rev. Robert Quardt

The Master Diplomate from the Life of Leo XIII

 

 

The Pope’s order of the day to all students is almost on the level of a new commandment, “search for truth” he says: “Here you will find every help. Be fearless in the pursuit and the Publication; censure where blame is the right meed; praise where praise is the question.”

By His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons

 

 

All Americans have followed with great admiration the public career of Leo XIII, and have recognized his remarkable ability and beautiful character whether as Priest, Bishop, Cardinal or Pope.

Rev. Bernard O’Reilly

                                                                                          Life of Leo XIII

 

 

The glory of Leo XIII is that he recognized new times and new conditions . . . .

He found the Church mediaeval; he left it awakening to modernism.