In a system that increasingly favors the wealthy, Catholic teaching calls upon the government to step in and level the playing field. [Read more from Stephen...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
[Read more from Stephen Schneck on how Catholics can help the poor through politics.] You identify yourself as being a Catholic Democrat. Do you find conflicts...
The U.S. armed forces are looking for a few good men-priests-to serve Catholics in uniform. But some question whether Father should rank among military...
Overcoming great obstacles, many Cubans are returning to the Catholic faith and helping renew the island’s church. To this day Aldo Santos remembers with...
THE 1950s When Fidel Castro claims victory for his revolution on January 1, 1959, he praises the support of the Catholic Church and declares, “Catholics in...
Arguments for U.S. military action in Iran feel like a case of deja vu all over again. The dangers of war erupting this year with Iran are the greatest they’ve...
Is the demand for ideological purity harming service to the poor? Social service agencies may want to add a new background check if they receive funding from a...
Those who’ve become last in the unemployment line should be our first priority. The good news in the January Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report...
In Appalachia, the coal industry thrives on stripping the landscape—and people’s livelihoods. [Watch the slideshow that accompanies this article.] Rick...
Catholics fed on the church’s social teaching won’t like the taste of what the Tea Party is serving. Editors’ Note: Sounding Boards are one...
