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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. Read more... Sin and expiation - Fr. Raymond De SouzaThis week’s sexual abuse settlement in L.A. is a welcome development. Read more... Slow Down and Absorb - Peggy NoonanOpen borders? Mass deportations? How about some common sense instead? Read more... 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. Read more... 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. Read more... Subsidiarity: A Primer - Brad MinerSubsidiarity: A term (the Latin subsidium for aid, help) from Roman Catholic social philosophy which expresses the view that, whenever practicable, decisions ought to be made by those most affected by the decisions. Read more... 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. Read more... 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." Read more... The Lord hears the cry of the poor - Douglas McManamanThis month the Holy Father prays that international attention towards the poorer countries may give rise to more concrete help, in particular to relieve them of the crushing burden of foreign debt. Read more... 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. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [>>] Pages Updated On: 03-Nov-2009 - 19:26:38
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