During my freshman year in college, my assistant professor in Composition 101 once went on a seemingly random rant against what was then a relatively
The headline on a recent article at The Stream was an attention getter. It read “After Vatican II, the Catholic Church Went Whole Hog for
I just filed my income taxes. This always brings to mind the trap about taxes that the Pharisees tried to set for Jesus (Mark 12:13-17).
A Look at the Vatican’s ‘Mensuram Bonum’ The Catechism of the Catholic Church provides guidance in the economic sphere: 2426….Economic activity…is to be exercised within
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ
On January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, only the second Catholic President in
Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is a sin (James 4:17). What Is The Sin Of
In the first part of this two-part Catholic voting guide, I laid out the principles of Catholic social teaching (CST) and the application of CST
As members of the one true body of Christ, Catholics are united by common citizenship and identity. Christians commonly claim to be in the world
Public schools have become increasingly brazen in the nature of some of their social teachings, which conflict with the Catholic faith. Undertaking Catholic homeschooling can
Reform of the American medical care system is necessary not only from the perspective of Catholic social teaching but also from the economic standpoint as
What is the proper end of a nation’s economy? Many if not most of us assume we know the answer to this question, but we’re
Many developed countries in the world today have accepted the fact that mining is one of the world’s most profitable industries. No one can deny
By intervening directly and depriving society of its responsibility, the Social Assistance State leads to a loss of human energies and an inordinate increase of
With the cacophony of opinions clashing on the Donald Trump-Pope Francis cyber conversation, another voice is hardly necessary. But since I haven’t read too many
Navigating the modern moral landscape is a complicated task. Fiber optics, television, bullet trains and commercialized space flights have brought us spiritual dangers no different
“How I would love a Church which is poor and for the poor.” – Pope Francis Pope Francis consistently proclaims traditional Catholic Social Teaching
One of the enduring lessons from the most recent Papal Encyclical, Laudato Si (Praise Be to You), is the simple notion that the “natural environment
It was a nun and not an economist or political philosopher that reminded the world there is one timeless measure of a home’s value: love.
American political debates can focus on any number of things, from abortion to religious freedom to foreign policy. On some issues there are great differences
