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Home: Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Clear Thinking on Immigration - Andrew YuengertAmid the heated rhetoric and dubious claims made on both sides of the immigration debate — that any concerns about immigration are evidence of racism, that immigrants are ruining the economy — we should all take a deep breath and call to mind the following points: Read more... Compendium of Social Wisdom - ZenitIn spite of the limited media coverage of Monday's publication of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, the event was an important moment. The compendium gathers, for the first time in the Church's history, magisterial teachings on social issues. Read more... CRS Food Experts Warn of Impending 'Cascade of Hunger' - Catholic Relief ServicesThe recent skyrocketing cost of food staples around the world is making national and international headlines. Read more... Dies Laboris - Robert RoyalOn this Labor Day 2009, it's a good idea to remind ourselves of our rich and tested tradition -- American and Catholic -- and what it is that all our labor is for. Read more... Ending the 'Slavocracy' - Anthony B. BradleySlavery is alive and well today. Recent estimates put the number of people in bondage at 27 million worldwide. The abolition of modern-day slavery is an urgent matter; in the words of Pope John Paul II, slavery “constitutes a shocking offence against human dignity and a grave violation of fundamental human rights.” Read more... Forgotten Treasures: The Counterrevolutionary Lion - Peter A. KwasniewskiPrior to the pontificate of Leo XIII, the Catholic Church in the nineteenth century was under siege and on the defensive. Read more... From religious roots, the birth of social conscience - Father Raymond J. de SouzaTwo centuries ago tomorrow, the British Parliament passed An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Read more... Go Around the Generals - Anne ApplebaumThe case for intervention in Burma. Read more... Good Wars - Darrell ColeThe most noteworthy aspect of the moral approach to warfare in Aquinas and Calvin is that it teaches that a failure to engage in a just war is a failure of virtue, a failure to act well. Read more... Government Cannot Love - Deal HudsonIn the midst of Valentine’s Day sentiment, it’s refreshing to hear someone who speaks plainly about love. At a White House briefing on February 6, Jim Towey, the new Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, said something that ought to be heard — “government cannot love. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [>>] Pages Updated On: 18-Nov-2009 - 14:41:30
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