Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr Von Ketteler

Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr Von Ketteler

Pope Leo XIII
Rerum Novarum

Pope Pius XI
Quadragesimo Anno

Pope Pius XII
Social teachings

Pope John XXIII
Mater et Magistra
Pacem in Terris

Vatican II
Dignitatis Humanae
Gaudium et Spes

Pope Paul VI
Populorum progressio

Pope John Paul II
Centesimus Annus
Laborem Exercens
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis

Pope Benedict XVI
Caritas in Veritate
Deus Caritas Est


Catholic Social Teaching
Social Teachings of the Popes
Subsidiarity
Solidarity (Catholic theology)
Tranquillitas Ordinis


Notable Key Figures
Gaspard Mermillod
René de La Tour du Pin
Dorothy Day
Oscar Romero
Joseph Bernardin


Freiherr Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (25 December 1811 – 13 July 1877) was a German theologian and politician who served as Bishop of Mainz. His social teachings became influential during the papacy of Leo XIII and his encyclical Rerum Novarum.

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