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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. Read more... 'Love Carefully' - Jennifer Roback MorseLast year, the chief United Nations researchers on AIDS publicly admitted that the U.N. has consistently over-estimated the size of the AIDS epidemic. Read more... 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. Read more... 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? Read more... 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? Read more... Admissions of Failure - Charles ColsonCorrections in crisis and what needs to be done about it. Read more... Amnesty’s Fall - The EditorsAmnesty International has fallen a long, long way from the high perch it once occupied. Read more... 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. Read more... 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. Read more... 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. Read more... Pages Updated On: 21-Mar-2009 - 13:42:58
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