Catholic social teaching

Editorial: Sound the horn, bishops, we're waiting

Jun 22, 2018

We say: It's time to move extraordinary grassroots efforts to a new place in the national agenda. This requires firm moral leadership. Can the U.S. bishops meet this challenge?

Sr. Simone Campbell says spiritual sustenance is necessary to change injustices

by Heidi Schlumpf

Jun 15, 2018

Chicago - In these "challenging times," it is not enough to fight against injustice, said Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, and organizer of the Nuns on the Bus campaign.

Column | Distinctly Catholic

Ending polarization takes getting into rabbit holes

by Michael Sean Winters

Jun 8, 2018

Distinctly Catholic: Earlier this week, I was privileged to attend a three-day conference on how Catholic social teaching could help in overcoming polarization in the Catholic Church. But anti-polarization is not an absolute value.

Religious leaders discuss overcoming polarization through dialogue, dispelling fear

by Julie Bourbon

Jun 6, 2018

What are the roots of our current state of cultural discontent and division? What role can Catholic social teaching play in bringing together a divided nation? A panel discussion about these things was June 3, part of an ongoing series of dialogues on religion and society sponsored by Georgetown University.

Editorial: Sound the horn, bishops, we're waiting

Sr. Simone Campbell says spiritual sustenance is necessary to change injustices

Ending polarization takes getting into rabbit holes

Religious leaders discuss overcoming polarization through dialogue, dispelling fear

The 9.9 percent worship themselves and their lifestyles

Firing Fr. Conroy fits Paul Ryan's pattern when it comes to the poor

Access to clean water is a life issue that the church must defend

Church's social teaching always a 'work in progress,' archbishop says

Links for 3/6/18

Catholic social doctrine sheds light on how to combat gun violence

Links for 2/20/18

Joe Kennedy's State of the Union response is the Christian response

'Chain migration' misrepresents reality, say Catholic advocates

Mass and lunch: Pope to lead celebration of World Day of the Poor

Poverty issues gain traction in first year of Trump presidency

Communion, not competition, is key to job growth, pope says

Being Christian means being missionary, pope says

'Catholic social teaching is a call to conscience'

Morning Briefing

Q and A with Sr. Erica Jordan, pressing Paul Ryan on Catholic social teaching

Fred Rotondaro had a knack for friendship across DC divides

Two key takeaways from the pope's TED talk

In powerful speech, San Diego bishop challenges organizers to disrupt, rebuild

Lack of just wages, benefits a threat to human dignity

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