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November 2015

November 17, 2015

A reader has questions about capitalism

She writes: Dear Mark, I am putting this in an email instead of a comment...

November 11, 2015

A Question About Peace and Justice Hypocrisy

A reader writes: Since you've been writing much about inconsistent 'Pro Life' views on the...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Why I’ve been spending more energy learning and discussing Catholic Social Teaching…

...then rehashing Greatest Hits on Apologetic Stuff my readers have already heard: “A Christianity which...

August 2015

August 01, 2015

Marc Barnes Wants to Murder the Five Non-Negotiables

I don't know that I'd go that far, but I think he definitely has a...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Paul Ryan’s Catholicism Seems to be Soaking In a Bit

This story gives me hope.

June 16, 2015

All animals are equal, but rich California animals are more equal than others

Whiny rich narcissists whine narcissistically: Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that...

June 11, 2015

Everything Wrong with the Libertarian Denial of the Universal Destination of Goods in a Single Word

June 05, 2015

Pushback Against the Anti-Abortion-But-Not-Prolife Mentality

There have been a number of pre-emptive strikes against Francis and his imminent encyclical. So......

June 03, 2015

False Prophets of Mammon, the Real Non-Negotiables, and the Real Politics of Envy

To begin with: Why can't our rising generation do this anymore?: The result is what...

June 01, 2015

Catholic Social Teaching and the Dignity of the Human Person

The first of a four part series over at the Register in which we take...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

The Incredible Thing is that This is Incredible to So Many American Catholics

Periodically, thousands of people too poor to pay their water bills get their water shut...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Francis the Revolutionary

Boy! That radical Francis represents a complete break with the consistent teaching of the Church!

April 09, 2015

Hey Western Washington! Come hear the Brilliant Dr. Syd Palmer C’ de Baca

...speaking at St. Alphonsus this Saturday evening, April 11 at 7:00 PM. She will be...

February 2015

February 07, 2015

Mike Flynn on the Dangerous Komminnissism of St. Thomas Aquinas

Now according to the natural order established by Divine Providence, inferior things are ordained for...

January 2015

January 02, 2015

Siris on Zmirak on Usury

This is the sort of junk Catholics too often have to wade through these days....

December 2014

December 03, 2014

Today’s Hysteria-Inducing Headline

Pope urges activists to struggle against 'structural causes' of poverty Cuz no pope has ever...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

The Reality of Catholic Social Teaching…

...is being discussed over at Christian Democracy Magazine.

November 01, 2014

Bank to Pay Everyone At Least a Living Wage

More like this please. 45. Let the working man and the employer make free agreements,...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

The Catch-22 Cycle of Life in Anti-Abortion-But-Not-Prolife Culture

A devout Catholic who happens to be low income writes to describe her experience. Listen...

September 01, 2014

On Walmart Firing a Woman for Getting Pregnant

A reader writes: I know that some of your readers have refused to acknowledge that...

July 2014

July 14, 2014

The Seamless Garment…

what it is and isn't, is being discussed over at the Register.

July 02, 2014

Docility vs. Minimum Daily Adult Requirement Thinking Re: Mammon

Whenever the pope teaches about the other sacred thing we keep in our pants--our wallets--one...

June 2014

June 06, 2014

Daniel Schwindt writes…

Just read your post in which you quote Aquinas in defense of Francis. I love...

June 06, 2014

We’re Talking About “Social Justice” Catholics

...over at the Register.

June 04, 2014

Exploding Heads in 3…2…

May 2014

May 21, 2014

The Indomitable Brandon Vogt…

will be publishing a new book on the Church's Social Teaching: "Saints and Social Justice:...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Legends of Libertarianism

One of the perpetual dogmas I run across in Libertarian Catholic circles was nicely boiled...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Benedict Defends Francis on Markets and Ethics…

...because they are basically saying the same thing. Ethika Politika is a great journal. Bookmark...

January 2014

January 06, 2014

Reader Daniel Schwindt…

writes: I've created a reading group on facebook called “A Year in Catholic Social Teaching.”...

September 2013

September 02, 2013

Two Catholic Social Teaching Encyclicals

...for Labor Day. Caritas in Veritate and Laborem Exercens.

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