Tag: Catholic social teaching
Catholic social teaching: Work should be sacred space for people to...
For people who prefer to keep their job and their faith separate, the Catholic Church poses a massive challenge. Catholic teaching simply does not...
Catholic social teaching: Compassion should lead to action when helping the...
A man in our parish Bible study expressed his disinterest in the church's outreach programs to those in need. He capped off his little...
Catholic social teaching: Baltimore center exemplifies the preferential option for poor
Before the sun comes up, Steve Albright can typically be found starting his workday praying over a skillet on the stove.
"God, please don't let...
Catholic social teaching on rights and responsibilities: The Holy Fathers speak...
The Catholic Church believes that every person is created in the "image of God." We are made in the image of a community of...
Catholic social teaching on rights and responsibilities: One person’s natural right...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that "the church's social teaching proposes principles for reflection; it provides criteria for judgment; it gives guidelines...
Catholic social teaching on community: We were meant to live, grow...
As Louisma Toussaint weighs babies and administers their vaccinations in her impoverished Caribbean Sea country of Haiti, she's also carrying out a vital mission...
Catholic social teaching on community: Remember that we are one body...
For so many reasons, 2020 has been a rough year. The COVID-19 pandemic has many asking how much longer we can endure the physical...
Catholic social teaching on human dignity: ‘Let us love one another’
In recent centuries, dozens (if not hundreds) of church documents containing millions (if not billions) of words address Catholic social teaching. But the essence...
Catholic social teaching on human dignity: ‘We believe that every person...
A first principle of Catholic social teaching focuses on the life and dignity of the human person, which is fitting because it mirrors some...
Outgoing U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski says Catholic social teaching needed amid...
SYDNEY — An outgoing U.S. congressman told Australians that Catholic social teaching is desperately needed to enrich public discourse in the face of increasing...