While the Fathers of the Church praised Saint Joseph in their writings, devotion to the husband of Mary arose in the Western Church only in the fifteenth century. Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) encouraged ...
College students' top prayers on the Christian prayer app Hallow this season of Lent are the "Pray40" series on suffering — ...
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 modern social teachings. He also wrote on the ...