Cardinal Bernardin’s consistent ethic of life could be helpful as the church grapples with issues like migration, health care and even taxes, some bishops say.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishop says President Trump’s immigration proposals do not reflect U.S. tradition
Trump’s new immigration policy proposals “are not reflective of our country’s immigrant past, and they attack the most vulnerable.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What would Pope Leo XIII think of Bitcoin and blockchain?
Catholic distributism might have something to offer for those rushing to adopt these new technologies.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Faculty unions pose a test of social teaching at Catholic universities
Adjunct faculty feel as if they have second-class status, but the real culprit is escalating costs at tuition-dependent universities.
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40 Catholic institutions plan to divest from fossil fuels
Divestment from fossil fuels is one way to “look at how one applies the teachings” of “Laudato Si’.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Here’s what we are supposed to believe about immigration as Catholics
Catholic social teaching does not allow us to consider immigration in the abstract; we must recognize that human beings migrate for legitimate reasons.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
How one Jesuit grad is building Tiny Homes to end chronic homelessness
Tiny homes—you’ve probably heard of them. But you probably haven’t heard how they could solve chronic homelessness.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis launches Caritas campaign to assist victims of forced migration
The Caritas campaign is calling for a week of prayer and action for the world’s 66 million forcibly displaced people, running from Oct. 7 through 13.
Posted inFaith, Features
In 1918, this American Catholic accepted a death sentence rather than go to war
The courageous witness of ‘unarmed prophet’ Ben Salmon—precisely one century ago—anticipated a major development in Catholic doctrine on war and peace,.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I am Catholic—and I don’t know what I’m supposed to believe about immigration
Sincere questions for my friends on both sides of the immigration debate