Millennial writer Meghan Clark is quoted extensively in a recent OSV News article at NCR:

Meghan J. Clark, an associate professor of moral theology at St. John’s University in the Queens borough of New York and the author of “The Vision of Catholic Social Thought: The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights,” pointed to areas of convergence and divergence with Catholic social teaching in both the records of Vance and Walz on a range of issues.

As governor, Walz worked on providing children school lunches without parents directly shouldering the cost, and a paid leave program for medical and family needs. But Walz also worked to expand legal protections for abortion.

“While there is a deep chasm between Catholic theology and the Harris-Walz position on abortion, there are convergences on many issues such as economic justice, combating poverty, racial justice and addressing climate change,” Clark explained. “Catholic social teaching asks us to evaluate political candidates and policies not from self-interest, but from the perspective of the vulnerable and marginalized.”…

Vance has since aligned with Trump’s view that abortion policy should be left to the states, and he confirmed Aug. 25 that Trump would “absolutely” veto a national abortion ban if Congress passed such a law.

On July 7 with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Vance said he also supported mifepristone, a pill commonly used for first-trimester abortion, “being accessible.”

Although mifepristone can be used in early miscarriage care protocols, Vance did not qualify his statement. Nearly nine out of 10 abortions take place within the first trimester, with more than six of 10 abortions performed through mifepristone….

“Gov. Walz has a long record supporting the dignity of work and a priority for the excluded,” she said. “The way he unapologetically defends his universal school breakfast and lunch policy is a clear example of common ground — it shows he understands our common responsibility for our neighbor.”

Vance, Clark said, has a shorter record as an elected official than Walz and is therefore “more perplexing.” Similar to Trump, Vance sometimes differs from traditional Republican policy approaches.

“On economic justice, he co-sponsored a bill with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to address bank executives’ compensation when banks go under, and (he) has spoken in favor of an expanded child tax credit,” Clark said. “In practice, however, he has not advocated for the expired expanded child tax credit among Republicans in Congress.”…

“More troubling, however, are his statements on immigrants — which simply are unacceptable from the perspective of Catholic teaching,” she said, adding that Vance has made similarly problematic remarks on the campaign trail vis-a-vis Catholic social teaching concerning climate change and women.