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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...

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...

October 2016

October 18, 2016

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

This review was originally posted on August 1st, 2016 and can be found here. *...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

“The Death Penalty Denies God’s plan of Mercy”: Abp. Gomez on Repealing California’s Death Penalty

Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook ... In a new video released earlier this month, Los...

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

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...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

DOCAT, the Social Teaching follow up to the YOUCAT, just released (currently free on App store)

The DOCAT is an impressive, useful, and essential introduction to Catholic social doctrine, there is...

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 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 09, 2016

New Short Post Series: Catholic Social Teaching in 140 Characters or Less

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) in 140 Characters or Less is an attempt to provide short bits from...

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 05, 2016

Breaking: Obama Announces Executive Action on Guns

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will...

January 04, 2016

Obama Gets Closer to Executive Action on Guns

We noted last week that President Obama was expected to move forward with unilateral action...

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....

December 2015

December 17, 2015

Remembering Chaput: Welfare and Taxes are “Prudential Judgments”

In a 2012 interview for the National Catholic Reporter, John L. Allen, Jr., asked Archbishop Chaput:...

December 10, 2015

11 Pope Francis Quotes on Ecology that Part from Saint John Paul II’s Teaching

Friends, You saw (here) that Francis allowed St. Peter's to be used to raise awareness...

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 06, 2015

Does Fr. Dwight Longenecker Teach what the Church teaches on Catholic-Muslim Relations?

Today's post at Fr. Dwight Longenecker's blog treats the relation of Catholics with Muslims and...

December 05, 2015

Catholic Worker Inspirations: Peter Kropotkin on Mutual Aid Amongst Ourselves

The intellectual foundations of Catholic Worker Co-founder, Servant of God Dorothy Day (1897-1980), on extreme...

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...

December 05, 2015

Gun Violence and the Religious Nones: If Family is the Remedy, What Assaults the Family?

Many of our friends identifying as religious conservatives (or conservative religious?) are correct to see...

December 04, 2015

11 Times (Out of Thousands) Saint John Paul II Embraced the Republican Party

Check out these 11 times Saint John Paul II produced some solid teachings on the...

December 04, 2015

#prayershaming: Bridging the gap between profession and action

Don't be too quick to consider yourself unjustifiably prayer shamed, but keep praying. We all...

December 03, 2015

Capitalists Should Be Nervous: A Response to Fr. Robert Barron on Laudato Si’

Back to Europe. A third model was added to the two models of the 19th...

December 01, 2015

Share This with Your Capitalist Friends: A Draft Timeline of Catholics Unsatisfied with Capitalism

#catholicsnotcapitalists This is a draft. I'm sharing this with you because I love you and...

December 01, 2015

Who Cares About the Paris Climate Change Summit?

Our Holy Father, Francis, cares about the Paris Climate Change Summit. Some people are asking...

December 01, 2015

Consider these 11 Principles for Wealth and Poverty Relief

Fr. Dwight Longenecker offered us “Ten Positive Principles” in order to help us in espousing...