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Pope Leo XIII seated in formal papal robes and cape, wearing a cross necklace, facing forward, in a black and white portrait from 1878.
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Pope Leo XIII seated in formal papal robes and cape, wearing a cross necklace, facing forward, in a black and white portrait from 1878.
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C. de T’Serclaes, Le pape Léon XIII, 3 volumes (1894–1906), gives the official Vatican viewpoint (the first two volumes were reviewed by the pope himself); M. Spahn, Leo XIII (1905), offers critical evaluations (in German) from the point of view of German “Reformkatholizismus” (“Critical Catholicism”); a French point of view is found in F. Hayward, Léon XIII (1937). The essay by R. Aubert, “Léon XIII,” in I cattolici italiani dall’800 ad oggi, pp. 189–220 (1964), utilizes the most recent works. On the various aspects of the work of Leo XIII as pope, see E.T. Gargan (ed.), Leo XIII and the Modern World (1961); and E. Soderini, Il pontificato di Leone XIII, 3 volumes (1932–33).

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