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Home: Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Shakedown: How Catholics Are Getting Ripped Off in the Name of Justice - Francis X. MaierFrancis X. Maier says that greedy lawyers and anti-Catholic politicians are taking advantage of the sex-abuse crisis to fleece the Church. Email This Article Sin and expiation - Fr. Raymond De SouzaThis week’s sexual abuse settlement in L.A. is a welcome development. Email This Article Slow Down and Absorb - Peggy NoonanOpen borders? Mass deportations? How about some common sense instead? Email This Article Social Doctrine's Role in the Church - ZenitThe last section of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church explains the pastoral and ecclesial dimensions of the teaching in this area. Email This Article Stopping the International Criminal Court - Mary Jo AndersonAll indications are that the newly established ICC poses a serious threat to both American sovereignty and religious liberty. Written originally for Crisis magazine, this article includes an addendum - written by the author especially for CERC - which makes note of a number of important developments that have occurred since the original date of publication. Email This Article The Church's Just War Theory - Part 2 - Fr. William SaundersWhile the criteria for waging a just war are reasonable, our modern methods of warfare complicate their application, especially in the areas of proportionality, discrimination, and due proportion. Email This Article The Importance of the Family - ZenitThe newly published Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church dedicates one of its first chapters to the institution of the family, described as "the vital cell of society." Email This Article The new huddled masses - Father Raymond J. de SouzaIf there were a law assigning certain jobs by race, it could not be more effectively enforced. Email This Article The Old Affection - Peggy NoonanGo deeper. Email This Article The Role of Christian Anthropology in Welfare Reform - Gregory R. BeaboutPast articulations of social policy have tended to ignore basic truths about the human person, leading to negative, long-term consequences for those in need. The rehabilitation of the proper exercise of human freedom is both the foundation and the goal of the future of welfare reform. Email This Article Pages Updated On: 09-Jul-2008 - 22:30:14
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