1738Pope Clement XII Condemns Freemasonry

Pope Clement XII issues In eminenti apostolatus, prohibiting...
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📜 Pope Clement XII Condemns Freemasonry

Pope Clement XII issues In eminenti apostolatus, prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
Pope Clement XII Condemns Freemasonry (1738)
CatholicismReligious DoctrineExcommunicationSecret SocietiesEnlightenmentReligious History
Vatican CityVatican City

📜 Pope Benedict XIV Condemns Slavery in Papal Bull

Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery.
Pope Benedict XIV Condemns Slavery in Papal Bull (1741)
CatholicismPapal BullSlaveryHuman RightsEthicsReligious DoctrineSocial Justice
Vatican CityVatican City

📜 Pope Leo XIII Issues Rerum Novarum Encyclical

Pope Leo XIII issues the encyclical Rerum Novarum, the first major Catholic document on social justice.
Pope Leo XIII Issues Rerum Novarum Encyclical (1891)
CatholicismSocial JusticeLabor RightsIndustrial RevolutionChristianity
Vatican CityVatican City

🕊️ Second Vatican Council Concludes

December 8: Second Vatican Council is closed by Pope Paul VI.
Second Vatican Council Concludes (1965)
CatholicismReligious ReformModernizationEcumenismReligious HistoryChristianity
Vatican CityVatican City

🙏 Pope John Paul II Issues Apology for Catholic Church Wrongdoings

March 12: Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.
Pope John Paul II Issues Apology for Catholic Church Wrongdoings (2000)
CatholicismPope John Paul IIReligious HistoryEthicsVaticanHuman Rights
Vatican CityVatican City