[source: Rerum Novarum, p. POPE LEO XIII SPEAKS OUT AGAINST USURY AND EXPLOITATION [In Rerurm Novarum (1891), Pope Leo XIII wrote as follows:] "A devouring usury, although often condemned by the Church, but practiced nevertheless under another form by avaricious and grasping men, has increased the level of the evil; and in addition the whole process of production as well as trade in every kind of goods has been brought almost entirely under the power of a few, so that a very few rich and exceedingly rich men have laid out a yoke almost of slavery on the unnumbered masses of non-owning workers." [source: Rerum Novarum, p. 60] JUST OWNERSHIP OF MONEY DIFFERS FROM JUST USE OF MONEY [The critical distinction made by Pope Leo XIII is that] "the just ownership of money is distinct from the just use of money." [source: Rerum Novarum, p. 35]