Encyclical by Pope John Paul II, on Catholic social teaching
Laborem exercens Latin for 'Through Work'
Encyclical of Pope John Paul II
Signature date
14 September 1981
Subject
On human work, on the 90th anniversary of Rerum novarum
Number
3 of 14 of the pontificate
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Laborem exercens (Latin: Through Work) is an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1981, on human work. It is part of the larger body of Catholic social teaching, which traces its origin to Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum.
Laboremexercens (Latin: Through Work) is an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1981, on human work. It is part of the larger body of Catholic...
social doctrine. Of particular importance were his 1981 encyclical, Laboremexercens, and Centesimus annus in 1991. On one hand there is a growing moral...
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