Breda O'Brien
The 17th-century painting of Archangel Michael defeating Satan by Guido Reni, located in the Church of Santa Maria della Consolazione, Rome, Italy. Photo: iStock As people try to get the measure of Pope Leo XIV, it is natural to look to Leo XIII, who was pope from 1878 to 1903. Unsurprisingly, the focus has been primarily on Rerum Novarum, his groundbreaking encyclical on the rights of workers, the right to private property, and gospel values as opposed to the…
