Catholic social teaching has always acknowledged a role for government regulation of the economy. The economy is to promote the common good, not benefit owners and investors alone.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Joe Biden’s immigration policy shift is against Catholic teaching
President Biden said the right things during the 2020 campaign, but his immigration policy is beginning to resemble that of Donald Trump.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Pope Francis, not Adam Smith, is right: A belated apology to my Econ 101 students
I introduced students to a worldview completely at odds with the one expressed by Pope Francis. In doing so, I rationalized greed and dismissed the idea of a common good.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Pope Francis asks theologians to remember the marginalized. Here’s how one global project is responding.
In 2021 the Vatican launched a unique global theology project: Doing Theology from the Existential Peripheries. What can we learn from those interviewed?
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Pope Benedict XVI: Social justice warrior?
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with John Carr, founder of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, about Pope Benedict’s under-appreciated contributions to Catholic social teaching.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The day Pope Francis welcomed community organizers from the Southwest to the papal residence
Our leaders spoke to their development as public persons, worthy of recognition in civil society and local democracy.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The Catholic guide to ethical investing
Investing for profit can be a Catholic virtue if the common good is kept in mind. So look for companies that provide the things essential for everyday life, like food and housing.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Meet the Dorothy Day, the latest addition to New York’s Staten Island Ferry fleet
Dorothy Day famously never wanted to be called a saint; how might she have responded to the idea of having a Staten Island ferry named after her?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
After migrants arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, Catholic charities mobilized to welcome
As migrants are bussed into sanctuary cities, Catholic and other nonprofit charities have mobilized to welcome them. The charities are stretched thin but aim to help.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Politicians bus migrants. Catholics must welcome them.
Politicians may fear losing elections, but too many citizens seem to fear migrants and asylum seekers themselves.