Social ministry is the job of the entire parish community. What are we waiting for? As the implications of the gospel, baptism, Vatican II, and, specifically...
Catholic social teaching
Discover how Catholic social teaching informs real-world action—from economic justice and migration to ecology, peacebuilding, and community life.
What do a time-traveling alien and the influential church council have in common? More than you might think. Fifty years ago, under the loving guidance of Pope...
Our nation’s culture of violence is out of control. It’s time to pull the trigger on efforts to reduce gun deaths. Sounding Boards are one person’s take...
We lay off teachers and nurses while we hire for prisons, casinos, and fracking. This is progress? At least once a week in my daily newspaper I see a full page...
How much do workers have to celebrate this labor day? The summer of 2013 may go down as one of the most scorching in recorded history. The blazing sun broke...
Pope Francis has put a “church of the poor” front and center. How should First World Christians respond to his invitation and challenge? Roberto S. Goizueta...
Oscar Romero, now back on the path to sainthood, was called to conversion by ordinary Salvadorans. Among the welcome news coming on the heels of Pope Francis’...
When the rich get richer and the poor struggle to stay afloat, someone has to step in and level the playing field. And according to economist Charles Clark, no...
As president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, Carolyn Woo brings a strong sense of leadership and vision to the organization, which was founded by the U.S...
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...
