Good books on Pope Leo XIII?

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Everywhere I turn lately, I see Pope Leo XIII’s name and writings pop up regardless of what topic I am reading about. Marriage, Economics, Creation, Devotion to St. Michael, and on and on.

I’m very interested in learning more about him.

Can anyone recommend any good books?

Pax!
 
Dan_Daly said:
Everywhere I turn lately, I see Pope Leo XIII’s name and writings pop up regardless of what topic I am reading about. Marriage, Economics, Creation, Devotion to St. Michael, and on and on.

I’m very interested in learning more about him.

Can anyone recommend any good books?

Pax!
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Have a look at the New Catholic Enyclopedia, you can google newadvent and you’ll find it. Apart from that I don’t know
 
A good biography of him was written around the time of the Second Vatican Council; it was called “A Light from Heaven,” and was written by Br. William Kiefer, SM. It’s usually available on Amazon or eBay very cheaply. Also, check out www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/index.htm or get a copy of Tan Books’ “The Great Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII” to read some of his work. I have been reading and studying about the life and work of Leo XIII for several years now, and I find it good to hear that someone else is taking notice of the relevance of his work to our current state of affairs in the world.

-ACEGC
 
edward_george said:
A good biography of him was written around the time of the Second Vatican Council; it was called “A Light from Heaven,” and was written by Br. William Kiefer, SM. It’s usually available on Amazon or eBay very cheaply. Also, check out www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/index.htm or get a copy of Tan Books’ “The Great Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII” to read some of his work. I have been reading and studying about the life and work of Leo XIII for several years now, and I find it good to hear that someone else is taking notice of the relevance of his work to our current state of affairs in the world.

-ACEGC
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Tan Book AND Pope Leo XIII?!

You got me.🙂
 
Owen Chadwick’s A History of the Popes 1830-1914 is a very well-respected study by an eminent scholar.

Granted, he’s an Anglican and you may find his bias annoying to you at times. But it’s a good thing to read scholarly works from different perspectives, and in my (admittedly itself biased) judgment Chadwick is extremely fair. (I actually never got to Leo XIII that I remember, but I thought he avoided the tendency of many non-Catholic or liberal scholars to bash Pius IX.)

Edwin
 
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