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4 Points to Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum: 1. served notice to wealthy industrialists that they could not abuse workers for their own gain 2. urged governments to step in when problems arose within industry 3. declared that workers have a right to a living wage, thus ensuring basic rights for all citizens 4. taught that workers have a right to form unions
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4 Points to the Bishop's 1919 Economic Agenda Proposals: 1. inititate a minimum wage 2. create and maintain high rates of wages 3. originate a government-mandated social security insurance for all workers 4. advocate worker participation in the management of industry
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Assimilation: members of minority groups adopting the values and characteristics of the dominant culture in which they live
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Ecumenism: actions aimed at dialogue and the restoration of unity among Christians
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James Cardinal Gibbons: leader of the Church in the U.S. who most forcefully took on the causes of workers
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laissez-faire capitalism: economic system that advocates that people with money (capital) an use their money as they wish without restrictions from governments or other sources
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Modernism: Pope Pius X required all priests to take an oath against it
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Mother Jones: American Labor Leader
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Pius XII: in 1949 he declared that any Catholic who joined the Communist party was excommunicated from the Church
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Pope Leo XIII issued an encyclical called Rerum Novarum: It is commonly referred to as "On the Condition of the Working Classes."
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Pope Pius X: encouraged daily reception of Communion
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Pope's condemnation of Americanism: caused American theologians to be cautious and fearful when offering theological opinions
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Saint Damien: Worked with lepers on Molokai
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Saint Frances Cabrini: the first U.S. citizen to be declared a saint
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Saint Katharine Drexel: used her inheritance to assist Native Americans and African Americans
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Saint Therese of Lisieux: "Do little things well, recognizing that our most insignificant actions are a response to the love of Jesus."
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socialism: economic system that advocates government control of all instruments of production, such as farms and factories
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Third Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1884: mandated parish schools and called for the writing of the Baltimore Catechism
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Thomas Merton: the most famous U.S. monk
