Growing up in what she describes as a “pretty conservative church background” in Ohio, Kim Bobo excelled at memorizing her Bible verses. “I won all the...
Catholic social teaching
Pope Benedict kept us guessing—especially on matters of social justice. Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to become the first pope since Celestine V in 1294 to...
While not all single mothers are financially strapped, the poverty rate for families headed by single mothers, at 42 percent, is almost three times the rate...
Fifty years after the game-changing Second Vatican Council a new generation helps the church respond to today’s signs of the times. Here, Dom Erwin Krautler...
Catholic teaching says that what's mine is yours when it comes to ownership of private property. Catholic social teaching used to be called the...
Fifty years after the game-changing Second Vatican Council a new generation helps the church respond to today’s signs of the times. Father Kenneth Himes, O.F.M...
Catholic colleges and universities fall behind their secular counterparts in an effort to recruit, accept, and keep poor students. Many Catholic colleges and...
Is the bishops’ work to empower the poor Catholic enough? An alliance of pro-life groups says it’s not. It was the brainchild of a Chicago priest, Michael...
A congressman would love to see immigration reform become the top priority for the U.S. Catholic Church’s social justice agenda. Interviewing U.S...
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s “seamless garment of life” analogy is well known—and often criticized—for arguing that Catholic social teachings should be applied...
