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Free [ Sign in to read now ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fjohn-paul-ii%2Fworks%2Flaborem-exercens) Share Link copied Format epub Published Sep 14, 1981 Rating No reviews yet ![Laborem Exercens](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01ksht0ahr0ps3e5e4tewvk3vm/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260903%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260903T110017Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=5cf3423987679ebea38aa9bd66eb19c8b2edc51fad30430eb104a6c8ede5c1ab) ## About this work Laborem Exercens — Encyclical by Pope John Paul II (1981). A A A PDF generation in progress..... DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - LA - PL - PT - SK . IOANNES PAULUS PP. II LABOREM EXERCENS To His Venerable Brothersin the Episcopateto the Priests to the Religious Familiesto the sons and daughters of… Sample ## Take a look inside A A A PDF generation in progress..... DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - LA - PL - PT - SK . IOANNES PAULUS PP. II LABOREM EXERCENS To His Venerable Brothersin the Episcopateto the Priests to the Religious Familiesto the sons and daughters of the Churchand to all Men and Women of good willon Human Workon the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum Blessing Venerable Brothers and Dear Sons and Daughters, Greetings and apostolic Blessing THROUGH WORK man must earn his daily bread1 and contribute to the continual advance of science and technology and, above all, to elevating unceasingly the cultural and moral level of the society within which he lives in community with those who belong to the same family. And work means any activity by man, whether manual or intellectual, whatever its nature or circumstances; it means any human activity that can and must be recognized as work, in the midst of all the many activities of which man is capable and to which he is predisposed by his very nature, by virtue of humanity itself. Man is made to be in the visible universe an image and likeness of God himself2, and he is placed in it in order to subdue the earth3. From the beginning therefore he is called to work. Work is one of the characteristics that distinguish man from the rest of creatures, whose activity for sustaining their lives cannot be called work. Only man is capable of work, and only man works, at the same time by work occupying his existence on earth. Thus work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons. 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