In his third apostolic exhortation, Pope Francis presents the universal call to live holy lives with a new, fresh approach. We are encouraged to strive for and achieve holiness in our everyday lives. As we actively live out holiness day…
Category: Catholic Social Teaching
Benetvision: Sister Joan Chittister
Home page for Sr. Joan Chittister’s site. Subtitled, “A point of view with the future in mind,” this site includes a wide variety of materials, including books, notecards, and magazines. Sr. Joan’s prison ministry program is featured here as well.…
Stay awake! See the Power of Hope
The First Sunday of Advent brings a direct command from the Lord: “Stay awake! For you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” Implications of this command for our world today are presented in this blog post.…
Conscience-Based Voting: A Challenge for Catholic Voters
Guidance has been offered by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 2004, while he was head of the Holy Office, for Catholic voters in the United States (and presumably around the world) regarding their rights and duties as human beings to cast their votes…
What Ryan Missed, by Gerald J. Beyer
A good presentation of the concepts of solidarity and subsidiarity that are essential parts of Catholic social teaching and have been cited by Representative Paul Ryan in the 2012 presidential campaign to justify cutting governmental budgets including social services. Beyer…
