You are critical of the prevailing view among Catholics of their own history and role in the United States. What is the story line of the tradition you call...
Catholic social teaching
Last December Bishop Raymond Burke then of the relatively small, mostly rural Diocese of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, made national and international news with a...
DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON All people are sacred, made in the image and likeness of God. People do not lose dignity because of disability, poverty, age, lack...
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We have stretched out the consistent ethic of life on both sides of the political debate, an activist argues. Trimming out all but the key issues would set our...
Community is the first casualty in America's labor wars It's been one roller-coaster ride to hell, and it's still going down.-a Staley worker The...
Billions of the world's poorest are being denied even the most basic natural resource. Most of us in the west have grown used to thinking about...
Two and a half years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast could be a "training ground" for the issues that...
Experts in economics are not the only ones talking about the housing crisis—the U.S. Catholic Bishops are as well. Affordable housing is one of two...
Let's quit giving ourselves permission to wreak havoc on God's good earth. We're not the only ones in whom God delights. All Creation is Groaning...