Leo XIV is set to sign his first encyclical on May 15, according to the German news agency KNA.
The working title is Magnifica humanitas. Reports suggest, the encyclical will address expected to address issues including artificial intelligence, peace, the crisis of international law, and other contemporary threats facing humanity.
The May 15 date would place Leo XIV’s first encyclical in the tradition of the Church’s great social teachings:
• 15 May 1891: Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII - foundational text of modern Catholic social teaching.
• 15 May 1931: Quadragesimo anno by Pope Pius XI - developed subsidiarity and social doctrine further.
• 15 May 1961: Mater et magistra by Pope John XXIII - focused on labor and economic justice.
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