Indeed, the Industrial Revolution was the topic of a previous encyclical, which inspired this one. RERUM NOVARUM ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON CAPITAL AND LAB

Indeed, the Industrial Revolution was the topic of a previous encyclical, which inspired this one. RERUM NOVARUM ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON CAPITAL AND LABOR http://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html http://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/docume...