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November 2019

November 15, 2019

What is Preeminent?

Contrary to the way many people react, abortion is not one of the deadly sins....

November 14, 2019

Church of the Poor

In the ante-Nicene era, Christians and pagans both took notice of the words of Jesus...

November 01, 2019

Unmercenaries

The first of November is the third of three different feast days dedicated to two...

October 2019

October 15, 2019

We Must Not Neglect The Homeless Nor Let Them Become Hidden From View

Not only is homelessness a major crisis, it is not getting better, but only worse....

August 2019

August 22, 2019

The Diabolical Madness of President Trump

The warnings of the prophet Micah to wayward Israel should concern the United States today....

June 2019

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 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...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Attacking Pope Francis, Far-Right Nationalists Reject Basic Catholic Principles

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in May 2019, will be having a plenary session...

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 20, 2019

Robbing By The Cradle: Paying For Babies at the Expense of Retirement

It has become extremely difficult for our youth to come together and form families. Many...

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...

February 2019

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...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

American Sodomites Demand A Wall

The city of Sodom was a city of extreme selfishness and luxury. The people who...

October 2018

October 02, 2018

Do Not Accept False Piety

Lactantius, an educated convert to the Christian faith around 300 CE, made such a great...

September 2018

September 18, 2018

Trump Administration To Drastically Reduce Refugee Resettlement in 2019

On Monday the 17th, the Trump Administration announced that they would be drastically reducing the...

May 2018

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...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

We Cannot Ignore Puerto Rico

Out of sight, out of mind. Evil spreads in the darkness where the light of...

December 2017

December 06, 2017

Charity Presupposes Justice

If doing what is just is the same as charity, then love burns cold. Charity...

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 24, 2017

St. Catherine Of Alexandria Stands Glorious In Her Victory Against Her Oppressors

St. Catherine’s Monastery, which resides next to the mountain believed to be Mt. Sinai, serves...

November 14, 2017

Trump, Cozy With Duterte, Should Serve As A Warning Sign Of Things To Come

In the Philippines, President Duterte has engaged a brutal war against drugs, violating human rights...

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...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

We Must Root Out All Forms of Racism

We must struggle with the racism within ourselves. We must realize it is not always...

August 2017

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...

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...

July 03, 2017

The Universal Tao On Avarice

C.S. Lewis, following principles of “natural theology,” suggested that there was a normative, objective morality...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

God Spews Out The Lukewarm Who Gives Preference To Riches

In explaining why he hired the president of Goldman Sachs for the US Secretary of...

April 2017

April 05, 2017

Virtue is Social

In The City of God, St. Augustine gave an extensive, although highly polemical, exploration of...

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...

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