Democratic socialism reduces mankind into economic elements. The Catholic Church rejects that human beings can be so understood.
Right to Private Property Articles
A Rerum Novarum Summary
Rerum Novarum was groundbreaking in addressing the struggles of the working class and societal challenges during the Industrial Revolution.
Karl Marx and Catholic Social Teaching
Karl Marx’s greatest error was anthropological. He thought that once the economy had been put right, everything would automatically be put right.
Socialism disposes of the right to private property and hands over the production of goods to the state.…
The top 10 Pope Leo XIII quotes on private property, all of which come from his landmark encyclical, Rerum Novarum.…
"The seventh commandment requires…respect for the right to private property". (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2401)…
It's misunderstood primarily because of the inability to differentiate between the “twofold character of ownership”: (Pope Pius XI) As Pope Leo XIII made clear: “The…
