encyclical Laborem Exercens

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papal encyclical social encyclical

Laborem Exercens is a 1981 social encyclical by Pope John Paul II that reflects on the dignity of human work and the rights of workers in the modern world.

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Laborem Exercens 2
Laborem Exercens (on human work) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf papal encyclical ⓘ
social encyclical ⓘ
author Pope John Paul II ⓘ
commemorates 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum ⓘ
dateContext Cold War era ⓘ
EnglishTitle On Human Work ⓘ
focus common good ⓘ
objective dimension of work ⓘ
priority of labor over capital ⓘ
social solidarity ⓘ
subjective dimension of work ⓘ
issuedFrom Vatican City ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
magisterialRank encyclical letter ⓘ
opposes exploitation of workers ⓘ
unjust working conditions ⓘ
papacyOf Pope John Paul II ⓘ
partOfSeries John Paul II social encyclicals ⓘ
pope Pope John Paul II ⓘ
positionInMagisterium part of modern Catholic social encyclicals ⓘ
predecessorDocument Mater et Magistra ⓘ
Populorum progressio ⓘ
surface form: Populorum Progressio

Quadragesimo Anno ⓘ
social encyclical Rerum Novarum ⓘ
surface form: Rerum Novarum
promulgationDate 1981-09-14 ⓘ
publicationDate 1981-09-14 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subject Catholic social teaching ⓘ
agricultural workers ⓘ
capital and labor ⓘ
dignity of human work ⓘ
disabled workers ⓘ
human labor ⓘ
indirect employer ⓘ
migrant workers ⓘ
rights of workers ⓘ
spirituality of work ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
work and human person ⓘ
workers’ rights ⓘ
successorDocument Centesimus annus ⓘ
surface form: Centesimus Annus

Sollicitudo rei socialis ⓘ
surface form: Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
teaches human person is the subject of work ⓘ
labor has priority over capital ⓘ
work is a fundamental dimension of human existence ⓘ
work must respect human dignity ⓘ
workers have a right to form associations and unions ⓘ
workers have a right to just wages ⓘ
theologicalTradition Catholic social doctrine ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ

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Pope John Paul II → authored → encyclical Laborem Exercens ⓘ
Catholic social teaching → historicalMilestone → encyclical Laborem Exercens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laborem Exercens
Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker → linkedDoctrine → encyclical Laborem Exercens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laborem Exercens (on human work)
Redemptoris Custos → seeAlso → encyclical Laborem Exercens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laborem Exercens