Date 22 December 1887 | Text In English | |
Encyclical number 23 of 85 of the pontificate | ||
Officio sanctissimo (On The Church in Bavaria) was a papal encyclical published by Pope Leo XIII in 1887. It recalled the continuous history of Catholicism in Bavaria; and praised the people's resistance to the Kulturkampf. It also condemned Freemasonry, calling it a "sect of darkness.
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