During an exchange with a nun at a town hall, the Republican leader of the House argued that government is ineffective in fighting poverty.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
For white Christians, non-racism is not enough
In the wake of Charlottesville, mere “non-racism” is not an option. It recognizes the evil of white supremacy but washes its hands of responsibility.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Can Catholic social teaching help solve the labor crisis?
We need an economy that enables people to apply their energies to meaningful work that advances the common good.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Does divestment evangelize or enable the fossil-fuel industry?
One option for promoting just business practices is divestment, but investing to gain a seat at the corporate table is also an important advocacy strategy.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Gene editing: Gateway to Promised Land or key to Pandora’s box?
Yonat Shimron interviews Arthur Caplan, the founding head of the Division of Bioethics at New York University, about the ramifications of a recent breakthrough in embryonic gene editing.
Posted inFaith, News
Excommunication could be tool for fighting corruption, organized crime
A Vatican consultation group considers how to excommunicate the Mafia, other similar criminal organizations, the possibly of excommunication for corruption.
Posted inFaith, News
Ancient order, modern times: How the Order of Malta is focusing on renewal
The reform is a way of assuring that the Order of Malta is better prepared to fulfill its charitable and humanitarian duties in the modern age without straying from the mission entrusted to it since their founding in Jerusalem in 1048.
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Knights of Malta: Rescuing refugees stranded at sea is a ‘mission’
ROME (CNS)—While European leaders continue to debate how to handle the influx of migrants, the head of the Order of Malta’s Italian relief corps said that search and rescue operations are a human obligation. Those who believe that rescuing countless refugees who escape war, hunger and persecution only encourages more people to make the treacherous […]
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Getting a health care bill through Congress fraught with difficulties
It is obvious that passing legislation on health care is going to be a heavy lift in Congress.
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic leaders mourn for migrants found dead inside trailer of 18-wheeler
San Antonio law enforcement officials found eight bodies inside the trailer of an 18-wheeler sitting in the parking lot of a Walmart.