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July 2017

July 09, 2017

Popes Agree: Capitalist Sin Destroys Relationships

This summer, I attended the Social Action Summer Institute (SASI) at the University of Portland....

June 2017

June 29, 2017

CST in 140 Characters or Less: St. John Paul II on Working for One’s Bread

"The obligation to earn one's bread by the sweat of one's brow also presumes the...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

Pope Francis gave a Laudato si’ Ted Talk – watch and listen!

Pope Francis: Overcome our techno-economic systems with solidarity! He said, "Only by educating people to...

March 2017

March 24, 2017

A Very Short Intro on (Recent) Papal Teaching Concerning Socialism

Like the man who slays a son in his father’s presence is he who offers...

March 14, 2017

Theft: Being Forced to Help the Poor

One should not have to be forced to help the poor - we should do...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

We repeat: If You Want Atheism, Destroy Creation, Embrace Capitalism.

This post was originally published on 4 January, 2016. I am reposting it, without modifications,...

October 21, 2016

On the feast of Saint John Paul II: If You Want Priestly Vocations, Reject Capitalism!

This post was originally published on January 14, 2016. We are re-posting it in celebration...

October 17, 2016

We Repeat: A Very Short Intro on (Recent) Papal Teaching Concerning Socialism

This post was originally published 01 December of 2015. We're reposting it as the conversation...

October 08, 2016

Capitalists will be Capitalists in #TrumpTape Locker Room Talk

Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook ... "This was locker room banter," Trump said. What...

September 2016

September 24, 2016

Trump’s Catholic Roundtable: Including a Mix of Catholics Against Catholicism? First draft!

Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook ... The Trump campaign announced the creation of an...

September 06, 2016

When Marx cited Luther to Slam Capitalism – but Catholics did it First

Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook ... In the third volume of Capital, put together...

August 2016

August 01, 2016

Did Francis Blame the West and Capitalism for Terrorism and Violence?

Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook ... Read for yourself. With the full text of Pope...

August 01, 2016

Learn CST and Bring Life to Your Faith with the DOCAT (Available Now!) – A Review

Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook ... Pope Francis has gifted World Youth Day...

April 2016

April 03, 2016

The Pope’s April Prayer Intention is for You, Small Farmers

Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook ... My son, deprive not the poor of...

January 2016

January 17, 2016

Sharing Dr. King’s “Dream” – For a Price

You may not publicly share or recite Dr. King's speech without, in most cases, paying a hefty...

January 15, 2016

Dorothy Day: Distributist, Socialist, or Anarchist?

The Servant of God Dorothy Day embraced distributism. The Servant of God Dorothy Day embraced...

January 14, 2016

John Paul II: If You Want Priestly Vocations, Reject Capitalism

Surrounded by consumerism, materialism, and individualism, discerning a vocation to the priesthood becomes the anti-'American' option...

January 11, 2016

CST in 140 Characters or Less: Heinrich Pesch on Capitalism

"Capitalists are usurers in the broadest sense of the word."* Heinrich Pesch, SJ (1854-1926) 58 characters [Tweet...

January 06, 2016

Materialism and Fallacious Thinking: Only the First is Exclusive to Atheism

On January 4 I posted "If You Want Atheism, Destroy Creation, Embrace Capitalism". I didn't...

January 06, 2016

Catholic Worker Inspirations: Dom Hélder Câmara on Capitalism

The Servant of God Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara (February 7, 1909 – August 27, 1999) was...

January 04, 2016

If You Want Atheism, Destroy Creation, Embrace Capitalism.

If You Want Atheism, Destroy Creation, Embrace Capitalism. deduc me Domine in via tua et ingrediar...

January 03, 2016

CST in 140 Characters or Less: Óscar Romero on Capitalism

"There is an 'atheism' that is closer at hand and more dangerous to our church....

January 02, 2016

CST in 140 Characters or Less: Fulton Sheen on Capitalism

"Capitalism is indifferent to religion: it wants no church, no Bible, no moral law telling...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Catholic Worker Inspirations: Jean Vanier (Part 1 – with a video)

Jean Vanier (1928-) is the founder of L'Arche, an"International Federation dedicated to the creation and...

December 23, 2015

Catholic Worker Inspirations: G. K. Chesterton on Capitalism (Part 1)

My dearest friends, The Catholic Worker Movement finds its strength and authority not the the...

December 22, 2015

Just Released: Appalachian Pastoral Elevates Dignity through Memory

For them, land is not a commodity but rather a gift from God and from...

December 19, 2015

State Can Wage War, but not Provide for the Poor?

We often hear that the state has little to no responsibility in providing for the...

December 09, 2015

Catholic Worker Inspirations: Dorothy Day on Capitalism (Part 1)

We started our "Catholic Worker Inspirations" posts last week by introducing a small sample of...

December 08, 2015

Animal Projection at St. Peter’s (Vatican) Homework: Saint Bonaventure’s Journey of the Mind to God

In case you missed it, NBC reports that the Vatican allowed a light show to...

December 05, 2015

Unas palabras contra el capitalismo, por Cardenal Jorge Bergoglio (Papa Francisco)

En sus reflexiones sobre el reunion entre Juan Pablo II y Fidel Castro (Dialogos entre Juan...