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Home: Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Guidelines for Nations to Get Along - ZenitThe Church's interest in the relations between nations stems from the universality of God's action in the world. Thus starts the chapter of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church dedicated to international matters. Read more... How to Think About Globalization - Michael CaseySoon after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, the “Economist” published an editorial examining "the roots of hatred" underlying it. Many reasons for why people might hate the United States were considered. Read more... Human Rights for All - Mary Ann GlendonThe parts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that speak to economic and social justice are almost completely ignored today; even by the major human rights organizations. It seems to me that the most pressing task for friends of human rights today is to re-unite the two halves of the divided soul of the human rights project — its commitment to personal freedom and its sense of one human family for which we all bear a common responsibility. Read more... Is It Always Sinful To Wage War? - St. Thomas AquinasFrom his Summa Theologica St. Thomas Aquinas responds to objections to the idea of a just war and explains under what conditions war is justified. Read more... Jesus, Michael Moore, and Capitalism - Father Robert BarronI’ll admit that I wasn’t going to see Michael Moore’s new movie Capitalism: A Love Story; but then a student of mine at the seminary drew my attention to a debate between Moore and the right-wing commentator Sean Hannity that was posted on YouTube. Read more... John Paul II and the Truth about Freedom - Avery Cardinal DullesThe contemporary crisis of freedom is at root a crisis of truth. In our own day, John Paul II has clearly demonstrated the inseparable connection between freedom and truth. In the course of his long career, he has eloquently and forcefully proclaimed the principles that must underlie every free society, including the American experiment in ordered liberty. Read more... Keeping Faith With Labor: Can Unions and Churches Maintain Their Longtime Friendship? - Kathryn Jean LopezFor much of America's history, labor unions have enjoyed support from religious leaders and their followers. But those ties show signs of unraveling, as unions embrace the radical Left and oppose the priorities of church leaders. Read more... Moral Clarity in a Time of War - George WeigelTo suggest that the just war tradition is obsolete is to suggest that politics — the organization of human life into purposeful political communities — is obsolete. What we must do, in this generation, is to retrieve and develop the just war tradition to take account of the new political and technological realities of the twenty-first century. September 11, what has followed, and what lies ahead, have demonstrated just how urgent that task is. Read more... Mother Teresa’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech - Mother TeresaThe poor people are very great people. They can teach us so many beautiful things. The other day one of them came to thank and said: You people who have vowed chastity you are the best people to teach us family planning. Because it is nothing more than self-control out of love for each other. And I think they said a beautiful sentence. And these are people who maybe have nothing to eat, maybe they have not a home where to live, but they are great people. The poor are very wonderful people. Read more... Oil and the Poor - Charles ColsonAccording to a recent Reuters report, a leading Senate Democrat "would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling." Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [>>] Pages Updated On: 18-Nov-2009 - 14:41:30
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