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Nov 2019
Last week, following Pope Leo XIII in “Rerum Novarum” I affirmed that the authority of the father in the family is the fundamental principle of right social order. It is necessary now to clarify a bit what that does and does not mean. It is one thing to uphold the authority of the father, in principle, but another to discover the best way of proceeding when, in particular cases, a father becomes abusive or tyrannical. Likewise, upholding the authority of the father, in principle, does not exclude particular cases in which, for......
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November 22, 2019
Pope Leo XIII: “Rerum Novarum” – Paternal Authority, Part I
Entering into the foundational principles of Catholic social teaching I began, last Sunday, to summarize the key points from Pope Leo XIII’s “Rerum Novarum”. I left off highlighting the importance of the neglected place of...