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“I Did It My Way”
The pandemic has been revealing our connectedness as people of this planet. Separation and isolation are the biggest anti-human ways we sin. Unity (not uniformity) shows how we are created in the image of God – three in one, different but the same.
A Message for Lent
A message for Lent.
A Perspective on Catholic Social Doctrine
The world, the church, even the country in which I grew up no longer exist. Facing the demands of our time requires a lot of savvy and courage.
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and Poverty
Consideration of poverty in Catholic social teaching begins with the foundation that each person is both sacred and social, created in God’s image, and destined to share in the goods of the earth as part of a community of justice and mercy…
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and Racism
Consideration of racism is grounded in fundamental scriptural beliefs: equal dignity of all people, created in God’s image; and Christ’s redemption of all. The Catechism of the Catholic Church spells this out: The equality of men rests essentially on their dignity as persons and the rights that flow from it…
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and Social Analysis
Social Analysis in CST is one-half of the answer to the question, “What is really going on in this situation?”