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Itching for New Foundations, by Michael Pakaluk – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Itching for New Foundations, by Michael Pakaluk

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: How Much More Will the Heavenly Father Give!
October 9, 2025
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR
October 9, 2025
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Leo XIII, Pope by Philip Alexius de László, 1900 [Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest]

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing, October 9, 2025

Michael Pakaluk, an Aristotle scholar and Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, is Professor of Political Economy in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America.

Note: Be sure to tune in tonight – Thursday, October 9 at 8 PM Eastern – to EWTN for a new episode of the Papal Posse on ‘The World Over.’ TCT Editor-in-Chief Robert Royal and contributor Fr. Gerald E. Murray will join host Raymond Arroyo to discuss ‘Dilexi te,’ Pope Leo’s first Apostolic Exhortation, the pope’s planned trip to Lebanon, and his comments on Gaza, as well as other issues in the global Church. Check your local listings for the channel in your area. Shows are usually available shortly after first airing on the EWTN YouTube channel.

Ask an educated Catholic what the two leading teachings of Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum are, and, if he knows anything at all about this foundational text of modern Catholic social teaching, he will likely say that it endorses labor unions and articulates the principle of a living wage.

The doctrine of a living wage is indeed important, even if it cannot be followed in the United States today, given current mores and employment law.  The doctrine is that to hire a father, who is the head of a household, is to hire in effect a family, not a mere individual, and therefore he must be paid a wage sufficient for supporting a large family, and sufficient too for him to save something, so as to acquire “substance” over time – on the assumption that his family lives modestly and thriftily. …

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