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June 2018

June 26, 2018

Christians Must Reject Positive Law Which Violates The Common Good

Throughout Christian history, Christians have had to deal with nationalistic xenophobia. Christianity embraces universality over...

June 19, 2018

Trump’s Zero-Tolerance Policy Must Be Stopped

As Donald Trump continues to ignore the ethical obligations the United States has to the...

June 14, 2018

The Future Of Work

Technologically is radically changing the modern world. Machines can and will replace all kinds of...

June 12, 2018

Trump’s Reckless Rejection Of The Common Good Puts The World At Risk

He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but happy is he who is kind...

June 05, 2018

Those Who Cast Their Lots With Trump Need To Worry

There is something rotten in the state of Germany. It is Richard Grenell. Not to...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

You Shall Not Wrong A Stranger Or Oppress Him

Once, the people of Israel were migrants. They had no land of their own. In...

May 22, 2018

The Supreme Court Has Abandoned The Principles Of The Constitution

The prophet Jeremiah has a warning for those willing to exploit labor: "Woe to him...

May 15, 2018

It Is Time To Put To An End Modern Forms Of Slavery

Slavery, as a human institution, existed since pre-historical times, and remains with us to this...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

Monsters To Slay

Quietism is a heresy which suggests we purify ourselves, tending our own monsters, by withdrawing...

March 2018

March 08, 2018

What About Abortion?

It’s a common occurrence on Catholic Social Media. When someone mentions an aspect of Catholic...

February 2018

February 21, 2018

It’s Not What You Know

Jesus Christ, in assuming human nature, became fully human, becoming one of us. Just as...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

The Common Good Must Not Be Privatized For the Sake of Profit

Time and time again, we often need to be reminded that we cannot justify the...

January 24, 2018

Christians Must Oppose Racism If They Are To Follow Christ

Pope Benedict XVI was concerned with the rise of racism in the 20th and early...

January 18, 2018

We Must Oppose Any Injustices Promoted By Capitalism

Would that gold – the cursed craving of which the Poet spoke – could be...

January 09, 2018

Do Not Let Injustice Dehumanize The Oppressed

The world is full of strife. We are called to compassion, to help those who...

January 03, 2018

Blake’s 7 and America First

Forty years ago, the classic science fiction television series Blake’s 7 had its debut. The...

December 2017

December 05, 2017

The Fate Of The United States: Repent Or Perish

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but he who hates unjust gain...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Christians Must Unite With The Workers Of The World Against The Elite

Throughout Scripture, devastation done to the earth is connected with and seen as a reflection...

November 20, 2017

Sick Pilgrim, Wounded Pilgrim

The world is full of abuse. It should not be a surprise, then, that those...

November 08, 2017

Do Not Burden the Poor For the Benefit of the Rich

St. Salvian the Presbyter lived during the collapse of the Roman Empire, and in his...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

Removing Protections For the Poor is Not a Christian Action

On Tuesday, Mike Pence gave the deciding vote in the Senate to repeal consumer protection...

September 2017

September 01, 2017

True Justice Is Distributive Not Retributive

The call of the Christian, the call of the one who has received forgiveness in...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Follow the Way to Greatness, Depart From It and Find Disaster

In the Tao te Ching, Lao Tzu (or whoever wrote and edited the text), often...

August 21, 2017

Discern the Way, Become Truly Rich, Lest You Suffer From Your Poverty of Character

When the poor are oppressed by those with wealth or power, when their weakness and...

August 13, 2017

Denounce Racism and Sexism So We Can Work to Bring the World Together as One

Christians are called to be imitators of Christ, indeed, to be christs in Christ. They...

August 09, 2017

The One And Us

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD“ (Deut. 6:4 RSV). Despite some...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

God Is Justice: To Follow God, We Must Act Through Justice

God, being good, justly distributes his goodness to the world. This is because, as divine...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Trump’s Beastly Business Idol

“Trump Repeals Regulation Protecting Workers From Wage Theft,” reads the headline of from a Huffington...

March 28, 2017

The Lesson of Sodom and Gomorrah

The drama around the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah has led most readers of Scripture...

March 14, 2017

Columbo And The Gospel

Coming from the tradition started by Dostoevsky in Crime and Punishment, the television series Columbo,...

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