Catholic charities struggle to help families meet basic needs. “Here in San Jose, there’s a street that they call the ‘empty street’...
Economic justice
Our agricultural priorities should be on filling hungry bellies, not fuel tanks. The gloomy gus of economics, the Rev. Thomas Malthus, was the guy who put the...
Barack Obama’s election was historic, but can his presidency be great? At a time of historic economic, social, and strategic challenges, the election of...
Christmas is a time for giving–and it’s a perfect time for fair trade. Fair trade allows you to give twice: first in buying a product and then in...
Tom Beaudoin looks at our “branded” economy and says it’s time to integrate who we are with what we buy. This text is an excerpt from Tom...
After the Wall Street wipeout, in a world full of hurt, we’re still our brothers’ keepers. With the carnage on Wall Street con- tinuing at a jaw...
Poverty is a global problem, and the entire human family will have to contribute to the solution. As the first female secretary general of Caritas...
The high cost of Catholic education leaves many in the dust. One mother argues that it will take the whole church to pick up the children who are left behind...
Are Catholic colleges and universities worth the price of admission? As almost all college students and their parents can tell you, paying for college hurts...
The billion prayer march: a play in three short acts Act I. Enter Extreme Poverty. Much wailing and grinding of teeth. She falls to the ground and crawls...
