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Home: Current Issues: Social Justice Current Issues: Social JusticeArticles:"Seeing God in Others" - Jean VanierSomewhere this cry of, "Do you want to be my friend?" touched me. I began visiting asylums, hospitals, different institutions, families, and I discovered an immense world of pain which I never, never could have imagined. Email This Article A Christian Vision of the Environment - ZenitThe new Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church dedicates an entire chapter to environmental issues, in recognition of the subject's increasing importance. Email This Article A Critical Review of Some Best Selling Textbooks in Catholic Social Teaching - Stephen SharkeyAs college-level courses on Catholic Social Teaching become more widespread, it is important to explore the contents of the CST textbooks that students are likely to encounter. Are the ideology and pedagogy of these textbooks doctrinally faithful and respectful of the Church’s teaching authority? Updated Email This Article A Critical Review of Some Best Selling Textbooks in Catholic Social Teaching - Stephen SharkeyAs college-level courses on Catholic Social Teaching become more widespread, it is important to explore the contents of the CST textbooks that students are likely to encounter. Are the ideology and pedagogy of these textbooks doctrinally faithful and respectful of the Church’s teaching authority? Email This Article Amnesty’s Fall - The EditorsAmnesty International has fallen a long, long way from the high perch it once occupied. Email This Article Applying lessons learned from Mother Teresa - Maryangela Layman RománWhile his resume includes nearly four and a half years at the White House as head of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Jim Towey points to his work and friendship with a tiny nun from Calcutta as the most significant period of his life. Email This Article Are we really serious when we ask God to deliver us from war? - William L. PortierPerhaps our present disjunction between just-war and pacifist approaches to this issue reflects uncritically the sort of extrinsicist theology of nature and grace characteristic of the modern period. Email This Article Back to School on Catholic Social Teaching - Clint W. GreenIn towns across America, students returned to school last week. Many returned to government schools, others to charter or private schools, and some 2.4 million entered the halls of Catholic schools. Email This Article Basic Principles Behind Social Doctrine - ZenitCatholic social teaching often mentions the importance of the human person, or concepts such as the common good, but without going into much detail as to what they mean. Email This Article Better Off Dead? What’s Wrong with Wrongful Birth Lawsuits - Jay WebberIn my favorite movie, George Bailey falls under the terrible illusion that everyone around him would be better off if he had never even been born. To show him how tragically misguided he is, his guardian angel Clarence shows him what the world would be like without him, and — I don’t think I’m ruining the ending for anyone — George realizes that his really has been a wonderful life. In 2002, a plaintiff’s attorney might get to George quicker than an angel. Email This Article Pages Updated On: 07-May-2008 - 08:43:36
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