Tag: Catholic social teaching

"Everything is interconnected." Those three words serve as a key to unlocking the purpose of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si'" on the urgent...

In 1891, Pope Leo XIII articulated his vision of Catholic social teaching impacting the affairs of our world. Like Jesus, who entered the world...

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we are far more interconnected than we previously imagined. To use the words of Martin...

Am I my brother's and sister's keeper? And who are my brothers and sisters? Just considering these two familiar questions gives us the essence...

Cultivating the vineyard of the Lord includes cultivating the lives of those who toil in the vineyard. God's vineyard is the entire earth, and...

For people who prefer to keep their job and their faith separate, the Catholic Church poses a massive challenge. Catholic teaching simply does not...

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...

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...

The Catholic Church believes that every person is created in the "image of God." We are made in the image of a community of...

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...