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Surprise! Catholic social teaching is the church's best-kept secret
… have opted to tread lightly, sadly guaranteeing that Catholic social teaching will remain our best-kept secret. From time to time, a passing reference is made to Catholic social teaching, but … the Social Doctrine of the Church." And the Center of Concern's "Catholic Social Teaching: Our best kept secret" (fourth edition) provides an excellent summary. In one of Catholic social …
Catholics and racism: from examination of conscience to examination of culture
… it comes to addressing a variety of social questions and often referred to as the church's "best-kept secret," began in 1891 with a papal encyclical about the plight of workers in Europe's …
St. Francis Univ Ethics Lecture
… long tradition of social teachings. Sometimes, this social teaching is called “the Church’s best kept secret.” It is time to let others in on the secret. In a word, the twin pillars of …
Vatican II priests still embrace council's model despite reversals
… liturgical reform and more. “Sometimes I think the Second Vatican Council is the church’s best-kept secret,” said Fr. David Pettingill, a retired priest of the San Francisco archdiocese who is …
Center works toward transformation
… Fr. James Hug A precursor to its database was the center’s Catholic Social Teaching: Our Best Kept Secret , by Edward DeBerri and Jesuit Fr. James Hug. First published in 1986, it has …
Religious men address issues of discipleship, service
… that will endear you to those sitting in the pews." Father Cassidy added, "It is true that the best kept secret of the church is its social teachings. The really sad thing is that we've kept …
Keeping the home fires burning
… hundred years, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and its 95,000 members are the “church’s best kept secret,” according to executive director Peggy O’Brien. The oldest lay Catholic women’s …
Morning Briefing
… New website opens up Church's best kept secret …
Foreign priests and the risk of plunder
… Kansas, population 1,500, where my 95-year-old grandmother is still going strong, isn’t the best place to spot cutting-edge trends -- we’re not talking about “Milan of the Great Plains.” In … from abroad. Now for the “but”: One can make a case that Western bishops are, perhaps with the best of intentions, plundering the resources of the global church. While seminaries in parts of … of the budding corpus of Catholic social teaching sometimes refer to it as the church’s “best-kept secret,” an indirect way of lamenting that recent Catholic teaching on the economy, war and …
2009: Out with the Old
… need much of an imagination when watching these horrific shows however, in which emotions best kept private are, instead, made the central part of the show’s plot. The banality of evil is …
'Putting flesh on God's activity in the world'
… Great Bend, while the farm is 13 miles west of town in nearby Rush County. “Some say we’re the best-kept secret in central Kansas,” said Dominican Sr. Renee Dreiling, Heartland Spirituality Center …
A gut check for American Catholicism
… authority," thus goes to show that Catholic social teaching may indeed be the church's "best-kept secret." Nobody familiar with it should have been surprised.) Crepaldi did point to one … media -- on its own terms, and in a moment of its own choosing -- that's probably not the best way to exploit the opportunity. Nonetheless, the last two weeks offered much to build upon … making the question of whether a reader automatically caught the reference perhaps the best recent test in papal literature of true "Catholic insider" status.) The pope hailed the …
Preview of an encyclical
… Economic encyclical expands on church's 'best-kept secret' …
In preview of new encyclical, Benedict reprises 'dictatorship of relativism' speech
… Economic encyclical expands on church's 'best-kept secret' …
Economic encyclical expands on church's 'best-kept secret'
… After the implosion of Soviet-style socialism, the late pope endorsed a market economy as the best way to foster "free human creativity in the economic sector." Even Centesimus Annus , … this social teaching plays to mixed reviews. Admirers describe it as the church's "best-kept secret," wishing it were better known and more widely accepted. To critics, it's a classic …
Pro-Obama Catholic predicts 'very positive' ties with Vatican
… different forecast. “An Obama presidency would open the door to what is frequently called the best-kept secret of the Catholic church, which is the balance of its social teaching,” Kmiec said. He …
Pro-Obama Catholic predicts 'very positive' ties with Vatican
… different forecast. “An Obama presidency would open the door to what is frequently called the best-kept secret of the Catholic church, which is the balance of its social teaching,” Kmiec said. He …
Books on globalization keep readers current, raise questions
… much to enlighten and to clarify many complex issues. Catholic social teaching is the church's best-kept secret, says Groody. "The church neither naively condemns the process of globalization nor … is not a technical but a moral one. Bridge-building books like these can inform and guide our best efforts. (Holst is a writer who teaches at the University of Calgary in Alberta and at St. …
CTSA: Bishops urged to prudence in public proclamations
… conferences often are effective instruments for public advocacy, and are one of the church’s “best kept secrets.” Tobias Winright of St. Louis University, a former police officer, addressed …