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January 04, 2021

Marxism, Social Justice, And Christian Expectations

It’s common for those criticizing social justice efforts to accuse those promoting social justice as...

December 2020

December 22, 2020

The Vatican Said We Don’t Have To Take A COVID19 Vaccine?

Due, in great part, to various bishops, priests, and laity suggesting Catholics (and others) must...

November 2020

November 18, 2020

Do Not Confuse The Demands Of Justice With Charity

Often, those who write on or discuss the need for government to work for the...

November 05, 2020

Just Because It Isn’t Capitalism Doesn’t Mean It Is Socialism

It is common for some people to say to each and every critic of capitalism,...

November 02, 2020

Jesus, Ideologies, And The Poor

A few minutes after a statue a statue of Jesus, depicted as a homeless man...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Pope Francis, Politics, and Trump: Why We Must Vote Trump Out

Pope Francis, in his newest encyclical, explains how good politicians are concerned about the common...

October 01, 2020

Trump, Racism, Proud Boys, And Standing Down

In his first debate with Biden, Trump was asked if he were willing to condemn...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Concerned About Your Soul? Take Care Of Your Neighbor

Early one morning, a man gets off the Brookland metro station at DC and walks...

September 04, 2020

Non-Negotiable Principles (Not Policies)

In 2002, The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith said that democratic societies must hold...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

Vaccines, COVID19, And The Christian Obligation To Protect Society

Due to dangers of COVID19, both amount of death it can cause as well as...

August 20, 2020

Single-Issue Voting Vs. The Common Good

Catholicism is a universal faith. The Holy Spirit has been sent to us to teach...

August 11, 2020

After COVID19

COVID19 has shown us the broken nature of contemporary American society. Not only do many...

July 2020

July 09, 2020

That’s Marxist

Catholics have long experienced the charge of being pagans because of the similarity between some...

June 2020

June 26, 2020

Religious Liberty Must Not Be Confused With Domination

Religious freedom is fundamental. But, affirming its value, we must not misconstrue what religious liberty...

June 18, 2020

I Can’t Breathe: George Floyd At The Conjunction Of Racial And Environmental Injustice

“I can’t breathe.” George Floyd, in saying these words, spoke for all of us. “I...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

George Floyd, Systematic Racism And The Need To Change Society

Christians must reject all forms of racism, for, as St. John Paul II declared, “Racism...

May 15, 2020

Injustice, Racism and COVID-19

Pope St. Paul VI, in Octogesima Adveniens, spoke against racial injustice: Among the victims of...

April 2020

April 21, 2020

Paul Did Not Want Us To Be Idle

Sometimes, when told that God expects Christians to take care of the poor, someone will...

April 08, 2020

For the Sake of the Common Good, Save the Postal Service

Through the pride of his riches the rich man rules over other men, whom he...

February 2020

February 10, 2020

Making A Mockery of Religious Liberty

Catholic Social Teaching should be used by Catholic schools and universities. Instead, many of them...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

Worthily Receiving the Eucharist

Talking about the last judgment, Jesus indicated that we shall learn that what we did...

December 2019

December 10, 2019

What Will You Accept As Being the Canary in the Coal Mine for the Environment?

Mining is dangerous work. The more miners dug into the earth, the more likely they...

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....

July 2019

July 16, 2019

It Has Long Been Past Time To Take A Stand

On April 4, 2001, for the 33rd anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King...

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...

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