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October 14, 2015

The Catholic Church And Labor Unions: Belonging To The Former Does Not Mean Membership To The Latter

In places like Chicago, ties between unions and Catholics often run deep. However, with right-to-work becoming a voting issue in many states, the intersection of union membership and church membership is becoming a hot topic. Continue Reading...

April 23, 2015

Stickball and Subsidiarity

Subsidiarity is often described as a norm calling for the devolution of power or for performing social functions at the lowest possible level. At the Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa, Rev. Continue Reading...

April 14, 2015

School Choice As a Matter of Social Justice

Social justice is a term and concept frequently associated with the political Left, and too often used to champion views that are destructive for society and antithetical to justice. Yet for Christians the term is too valuable to be abandoned. Continue Reading...

April 01, 2015

Our American Children And Poverty

Robert Putnam says our children are in a state of crisis. Those who live in poverty or near-poverty seemed to be doomed to stay there. Those born into families with money will likely go on to enjoy the lives that money affords. Continue Reading...

March 19, 2015

The Perils Of ‘Friendly Fascism’

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all just get along? We could share all our stuff. You know, you could borrow my cashmere sweater that I saved up for, and I could borrow your Che Guevara t-shirt you got at in the dollar bin at the local flea market. Continue Reading...

March 12, 2015

Abraham Kuyper on ECT

Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. First Things, whose first publisher Richard John Neuhaus was a founding ECT member, is hosting a variety of reflections on ECT’s two decades, and in its latest issue published a new ECT statement, “The Two Shall Become One Flesh: Reclaiming Marriage.” Continue Reading...

March 12, 2015

Did Cardinal Turkson Lift The Curtain On Upcoming Ecology Encyclical?

There has been much speculation regarding Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on ecology. Will he side with those who raise the alarm on climate change? Is he going to choose a moderate approach? Continue Reading...

February 19, 2015

Stopping Human Trafficking Before It Starts

Human trafficking is increasingly gaining public awareness. Law enforcement, social workers, first responders – all are beginning to receive training regarding human trafficking. And that’s all very good. But it’s hardly enough. Continue Reading...

February 03, 2015

Why Keep Funding Ineffective Government Programs?

Head Start doesn’t work. More people than ever are now on food stamps. Medicaid is staggering under the weight of its own bloat. Why are we continuing to fund bad programs? Continue Reading...

December 30, 2014

Pope Francis, World Day Of Peace And Human Trafficking

January 1, for Catholics, is celebrated as the World Day of Peace. For January 1, 2015, Pope Francis’ message is a reflection on the horror of human trafficking. Entitled No Longer Slaves But Brothers And Sisters, the pope’s message calls trafficking an “abominable phenomenon” which cheapens human life and denies basic human rights to those enslaved. Continue Reading...

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