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July 2019

July 07, 2019

Christians Must Choose Between Mammon or Christ, Avarice or Charity

Early Christian moral teaching consistently warned Christians against the evils of avarice, understanding it was...

July 04, 2019

The Fourth of July, The Declaration of Independence, and Human Rights

As photos reveal the deplorable state of migrants crammed into cells, as more and more...

July 03, 2019

The Law and Jesus: How Christ’s Fulfillment Of The Law Should Lead Us To Reject The Death Penalty

Jesus came to fulfill the law. "Think not that I have come to abolish the...

June 2019

June 18, 2019

Never Again In The Age Of Trump

In Gaudium et spes, the second Vatican Council made a list of several infamies which...

June 12, 2019

We Must Help The Poor Now Or Face The Repercussions of Our Injustices In the Future

In Scripture. God speaks to the leaders of the peoples, telling them that they must...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

The Pope’s Important Words To A World Being Torn Apart By Nationalistic Ideologies

As the results of various elections indicate, right-wing nationalists are slowly rising in power in...

May 23, 2019

Even Without Expecting Utopia We Must Work To Make Things Better

Catholic Social Teaching cannot be dismissed as an optional part of the Catholic faith. It...

May 21, 2019

Cardinal Burke’s Fight Against Religious Liberty and the Ideals of the United States

Cardinal Burke, once again promoting an alt-right ideology which counters the Christian faith, called for...

May 09, 2019

Christians Must Reject Trump And His Supporters As He Laughs At Shooting Migrants At The Border

In a speech, Donald Trump, the so-called “pro-life” President, made it clear how far he...

May 07, 2019

We Are Responsible To The Future

Great disaster, apocalyptic disaster, threatens the earth. We have done much to change the world...

April 2019

April 22, 2019

Earth Day and the Resurrection

This year, 2019, Earth Day is the day after the celebration of Christ’s resurrection from...

April 16, 2019

The Best Inheritance

“When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers”...

April 11, 2019

The Eight Deadly Sins

In the Western tradition, the seven deadly sins are listed as pride, greed, lust, envy,...

April 03, 2019

The Cruelty Behind Trump’s Policies Cannot Go Unchallenged

“He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to...

March 2019

March 18, 2019

Gluttony

“Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride,...

March 13, 2019

We Must Resist Trump’s Attack On The Poor

St. Salvian, talking about the horrors the poor faced in his day, could easily be...

March 07, 2019

Population and Prudence: Dealing With the Limits of the Earth

Water is good. Water is necessary for life. We need water. We need to drink...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Work Together: Some Thoughts Going Forward Concerning The Sexual Abuse Crisis

The sexual abuse crisis affecting the Catholic Church, the sexual abuse crisis affecting society as...

February 18, 2019

All Justice Is Social Justice

To be a person is to be social in nature: this is a truth, not...

February 05, 2019

Social Justice and the Gospel

At the beginning of his ministry, when Jesus was in Nazareth, he gave an indication...

January 2019

January 10, 2019

Abraham The Migrant

Abraham, the great patriarch and prophet, was called by God to live the life of...

November 2018

November 07, 2018

Now Is Not The Time To Become Complacent

In the early years of the Christian faith, Christians found themselves in a rather unusual...

October 2018

October 17, 2018

Christians Must Back the Homeless and Other Poor In the Elite’s War Against The World

There is a war being waged on the poor throughout the world. And the more...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

The Babylonian Exile and the Church

Baruch ben Neriah, the friend and secretary of the prophet Jeremiah, found his prophetic mission...

September 06, 2018

One Year After Maria

It’s been nearly a year since Hurricane Maria wrecked its havoc across the Atlantic. The...

August 2018

August 08, 2018

Against Capital Punishment

When Paul wrote to the Ephesians, he told them that by becoming Christian, they were...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

Justice Is More Important Than Civility

Silence in a time of injustice allows such injustice to continue. Silence in the face...

July 19, 2018

Stop Judging Someone By The Number Of Children They Have

Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his...

July 17, 2018

We Must Stand Up For The Religious Liberty Of Others

The Church reproves, as foreign to the mind of Christ, any discrimination against men or...

July 12, 2018

Decay: A Contemplation Inspired By A Trip To The Dentist

The Psalmist, pleading to God, once indicated how God’s justice could be seen in the...

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