Wonder Woman finds hope and beauty in humanity despite the darkness that looms beneath.
Meghan J. Clark
Meghan J. Clark is a professor of theology at St. John’s University in New York. She is the author of The Vision of Catholic Social Thought: The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights.
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There is no convincing argument—moral or political—against food stamps
The data and facts are clear: If you care about working families and sound economic policy, SNAP is the program for you.
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Questions of domestic violence do not just affect individual families but the larger society.
In “Amoris Laetitia” Pope Francis highlights another group on the margins: victims of domestic violence.
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In Kenya, joining Pope Francis on a pilgrimage of hope
It is most fitting that this visit occurred as Christians begin Advent, the season of preparation for God entering into the chaos of humanity.
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What a Times op-ed gets wrong about Pope Francis and abortion
What Pope Francis cannot be accused of is cruelty or of using God’s mercy as a weapon.
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Remove Military Sexual Assault Cases from Chain of Command
On Friday June 5 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Democrat of New York reintroduced her Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to FY16 National Defense Authorization Act calling for removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command All Americans especially Catholics should join her
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Solid Foundations: Grounding social justice in our common humanity
In March 2010, I traveled to Bagaces, Costa Rica, for a weeklong service project with a dozen college students and a colleague. Volunteer programs, service learning and weeklong service trips are now commonplace on American college campuses. These programs offer students powerful opportunities to en
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Joy to the World: Responses to ‘Evangelii Gaudium’
The Dignity of the Vulnerable By Meghan J. Clarke‘The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges” (No. 218). In a simple sentence, Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine: human dignity
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The Dignity of the Vulnerable
quot The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges quot 218 In a simple sentence Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine human dignity the common good and the preferential option for t
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Francis in ‘America’: A historic papal interview draws world-wide reaction
Editor’s note: The historic interview with Pope Francis (Am. 9/30) has generated a great deal of dialogue in the church and in society at large. We asked several writers to offer their reactions to the pope’s words. Selections from these responses are printed below. The full versions of