Leo XIII. A roar from Heaven

This new work by Mauro Papalini provides a concise, accessible profile of Leo XIII, offering a fresh perspective on a figure for whom no up-to-date biography currently exists. The book focuses on Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci (Leo XIII), the pontiff who governed the Church for 25 years, addressing a long and complex period marked by problems of various kinds: political, social, and economic.

His pontificate is highly relevant today because Leo XIII was the first pope to address the social question openly with the celebrated encyclical Rerum novarum, a text that laid the foundations of modern Catholic social teaching.

Through an account centered on the political, religious, and social transformations that shaped the 19th century, the book makes it possible to understand the development of Leo XIII's thought, from his experiences as Bishop of Perugia to his mission as head of the universal Church.