Making it more difficult for families to visit prisoners, or have any contact with them, is contrary to respect for human life and dignity.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My year of service sent my parents into a panic. It sent me deeper into the heart of Mercy.
During my volunteer experience, I was mostly on the receiving end of mercy.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
A Catholic’s immigration wish list
The Trump administration has made clear its principles on immigration; Catholics should answer with a list of ways to reform the system with fairness and humanity.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What does Catholic social teaching tell us about sexual harassment?
Three reasons why sexual harassment violates Catholic social teaching
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Can the ‘seamless garment’ approach to pro-life issues make a comeback in the Catholic Church?
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.
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.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
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.