The pastoral visit of Pope Francis to the city of Juarez on the US-Mexican border came at a providential time.  

One of Christianity's contributions to civilization has been a startling compassion for the victim.

My work has caused me to become perhaps unhealthily preoccupied with the problem of evil.  Why do people commit evil?  What conditions allow it to flourish?  How is it best prevented and, when necessary, suppressed?

The last section of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church explains the pastoral and ecclesial dimensions of the teaching in this area.

Three moments in the history of the Church's battle against the ancient shame, slavery.

Following the butchery at the Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo, we are in the middle of another blizzard of post-facto hash-tag bravery.

It is difficult to conceive a more retrograde idea than to maintain that the experience of one person cannot be shared, understood, or evaluated by another person. 

The most fundamental truth about man is that he has been made by God, who is Himself love.

How Cardinal Kasper's pastoralism would harm women and children.

Christians through the ages have sought to take the example and words of Jesus to heart and to live them in social settings very different from ancient Palestine. Catholic social teaching is an offspring of this effort.