Pope Francis the Liberator
Here is my latest at CatholicVote.org It’s a reflection on a sermon that Cardinal Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, delivered in …
Category Archives: Social Doctrine
Social Doctrine and B16
Check out my post on the Holy Father’s contribution to the development of Catholic Social Teaching. http://www.catholicvote.org/social-teaching-and-b16/
Fr. Flanagan Wouldn’t Qualify Either
Check out my post over at CatholicVote.org. http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=28944
Dorothy Day on Love Without Hypocrisy
So, you want to help the poor, convert your neighbor, be wildly attractive to those who come to know you? Go to Mass.
Justice & Peace Gets It Right With Doc On Business
“Vocation of the Business Leader, A Reflection” draws on the Church’s social doctrine.It is a document that is supremely contemporary and addresses the reality and the challenges of trying to do business ethically and with a religious conscience in our day and age.
The Gospel Imperative vs. Cultural Despotism
One of the pressing issues in Washington these days is the drive to cut foreign aid. If anything, we need to increase foreign aid significantly.
A New Catholic Action
The work of the social teaching is not mere justice. It is the radical transformation of the world to Christ Jesus and his terrifyingly beautiful love.
The Unprecedented Rule
Some people have been asking how it is they talk about this HHS mandate rule to friends and family who are not Catholic. Well, here’s a way to do it that can resonate with everyone.
The Prickly Question of a Just Wage
Just wage is a right, but not for everyone or at all times. Neither is it necessarily to be enforced by the State. There is much to learn about the just wage.
A Primer On the HHS Rule, What You Need to Know.
What the Obama Administrations Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has done is an attack, which is why Catholics need to be well-informed about what is going on so that they can tell their neighbors about it. So, here are the facts.