Can the $300 home add dignity to the lives of the world’s poorest people? According to U.N. projections, a trend of demographic concentration in the world’s...
Economic justice
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on economic justice—insights, stories, and reflections on poverty, inequality, and Catholic social teaching.
If profit is the prime motive, the poor will always get the raw end of the deal. When lives are on the balance sheet, how should a credit program for the poor...
Jonathan Kozol, a fourth grade public school teacher in Boston who had devoted himself to issues of education and social justice in America. Kozol discusses...
I was 40 years old before I realized the connection between the Jesus who said, “I was hungry and you gave me to eat,” and the real-life experience of being...
The country’s cities may no longer be the epicenters of poverty. After 18 months of unemployment that has refused to budge below 9.6 percent, it will come as...
When it comes to economic growth, the express lanes are closed. You've probably heard friends complain about tie-ups in Los Angeles or Chicago or New York...
Can fair trade grow beyond just coffee? Sunday Mass has ended at St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church in Fairfax, Virginia, and parishioners are filing out. Deb...
Conservative TV personality Glenn Beck told Christians, “I beg you, look for the words ‘social justice’ or ‘economic justice’ on your church website. If you...
On March 5, 2009, Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity and president of the Catholic Health Association (CHA), which represents more than 600 Catholic...
After the priest and the Levite have passed by an injured traveler, the Samaritan man is moved with compassion, providing first aid and then medical care for...
