

The elements of theconflict now raging are unmistakable, in the vast expansion of industrialpursuits and the marvellous discoveries of science in the changed relationsbetween masters and workmen in the enormous fortunes of some few individuals,and the utter poverty of the masses the increased self reliance and closermutual combination of the working classes as also, finally, in the prevailingmoral degeneracy.


That the spirit ofrevolutionary change, which has long been disturbing the nations of the world,should have passed beyond the sphere of politics and made its influence felt inthe cognate sphere of practical economics is not surprising. Of places having Peace andCommunion with the Apostolic See. Primates,Archbishops, Bishops, and other ordinaries To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, English to Indonesian: RERUM NOVARUM ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON CAPITAL AND LABOR
