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Current Issues: Social Justice

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Oil and the Poor - Charles Colson

According to a recent Reuters report, a leading Senate Democrat "would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling."  New  Email This Article

When Mother Comes Home - Frederica Mathewes-Green

While I’m not very informed about the Intelligent Design debate, the idea sounds inoffensive enough: Scientists cannot prove there is a Designer, and neither can they prove there’s no Designer, so why not leave the question open?  New  Email This Article

"Seeing God in Others" - Jean Vanier

Somewhere 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

'Love Carefully' - Jennifer Roback Morse

Last year, the chief United Nations researchers on AIDS publicly admitted that the U.N. has consistently over-estimated the size of the AIDS epidemic.  Email This Article

A Christian Vision of the Environment - Zenit

The 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 Sharkey

As 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

A Critical Review of Some Best Selling Textbooks in Catholic Social Teaching - Stephen Sharkey

As 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

Admissions of Failure - Charles Colson

Corrections in crisis and what needs to be done about it.   Email This Article

Amnesty’s Fall - The Editors

Amnesty 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 Román

While 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


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