‘The Church’s best-kept secret – Catholic social teaching from Leo XIII to Leo XIV’
Southern Nebraska Register
Bishop James Conley will present an online lecture Sept. 29 for the Institute of Catholic Culture: “The Church’s best-kept secret – Catholic social teaching from Leo XIII to Leo XIV.”
The Institute of Catholic Culture, based in Sacramento, Calif., offers online adult Catholic education programs free of charge covering a broad spectrum of topics in the Catholic liberal arts, including theology, philosophy, history, scripture, literature, catechetics, and more. Bishop Conley’s talk will open the institute’s new curriculum year.
Bishop Conley – inspired by the new pontificate of Pope Leo XIV – will speak on the development of Catholic social doctrine since the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII, whose ministry and writings were the inspiration for the new pope’s choice of name. When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pontiff May 8, he chose the name Leo XIV in part, he said a few days later when meeting with the College of Cardinals, to honor Leo XIII and his historical encyclical Rerum Novarum, a foundational document in Catholic social teaching that addressed the challenges of the industrial revolution. Rerum Novarum was published May 15, 1891.
The truths are timeless and unchanging, but the questions posed by each generation will lead to new ways of exploring these truths and applying them to modern social issues. Bishop Conley will unpack how this has played out “from Leo to Leo.”
The presentation will take place Monday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. CT. To participate, register free of charge at https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/member/registration.
