To understand this document it is very important to place ourselves in the historical context in which it was written. Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci, sixth child of a poor family, from Carpineto, a city south of Rome. He stood out for being very capable and just in the government of the Papal State entrusted to him. His deep social concern led him to create a bank to help the poor. We are at the end of the 19th century, at the beginning of the 20th century, when thanks to the industrial revolution, factories prosper. Prevailing capitalism becomes abusive. Workers are getting worse and wages are becoming scarce. The workers could barely survive from the day's increasingly intense work. The working conditions of the workers do not give them any rights. Only the right to receive a salary in exchange for your work. The right to sick leave in retirement, paid holidays, things are today. Failure to participate in a working day for any reason resulted in dismissal without any compensation. Since the salary did not allow it to be maintained, this is for a family who often women and even children work in the factories, alongside the men for many days em...