The enlightened Pope and “the Alchemist of Lwow”

POPE PIUS XI On May15, 1931, Pope Pius XI published his encyclical Quadragesimo Anno to commemorate the 40 years since Pope Leon XIII published his Encyclical Rerum Novarum on the condition of workers in 1891. Before the publication of his encyclical, Pius XI invited Marian Wielezynski to the Vatican to explain his vision of employee shareholding summarized here in Wielezynski’s own words:  “The management principles of Gazolina joint stock company are that justice and a sense of duty must prevail over our company, and the will to help each other must also prevail…” In paragraph 110 of Quadragesimo Anno, Pius XI echoed Marian Wielezynski’s philosophy: “The twofold character, that is […]