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Home: Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGEArticles: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... As We Forgive - Frederica Mathewes-GreenWhat touched me about As We Forgive was the unexpected beauty of forgiveness, the victory of love over evil, the bursting of light into darkness. 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... 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. Read more... 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. Read more... Campaign 2008: Jaw, Jaw, War, War - George WeigelWinston Churchill, master of eloquent bellicosity, is also remembered for saying that "'Jaw, jaw' is better than 'war, war.'" Read more... Capital Punishment and the Just Society - Father Thomas D. Williams, LCFew issues today arouse such moral passion as capital punishment. Read more... Catholicism & Capital Punishment - Avery Cardinal DullesAfter providing a survey of the complex question of capital punishment Cardinal Dulles writes that: "The Pope and the bishops, using their prudential judgment, have concluded that in contemporary society, at least in countries like our own, the death penalty ought not to be invoked, because, on balance, it does more harm than good." Read more... Christianity Without Salvation - Joseph LoconteWithin a few years of its publication in 1907, Christianity and the Social Crisis swept through America's Protestant churches like a nor'easter, selling more than 50,000 copies to ministers and laypeople alike. Read more... Christianity's Indispensable Social Teaching - Cardinal George PellChristianity is not a private lifestyle choice, although some in society would like to confine it to this. Christian living and Christian values have public benefits and consequences, and people who are serious about their faith generally seek to live it out in an appropriate way in every part of life. The Church offers its social teaching to all Christians and people of goodwill as a series of reflections on the best way to advance the common good and defend important human values. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [>>] Pages Updated On: 18-Nov-2009 - 14:41:30
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