Here is a second video from our interview with Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, where he discusses the importance of empowering women and girls in efforts to increase justice and build peace. He focuses on the need to ensure that women and girls are able to reach their… Read More Cardinal Turkson: Justice, Peace, and the Importance of Empowering Women and Girls
The first time I heard the phrase “social justice” I was 16 and on a retreat given by the diocese where I grew up. When explained to me in the roughest of sketches on that hot July day, I knew I’d found the place I belonged. Whatever social justice was, it was where I wanted… Read More Justice in the Family, Justice in the World
The Catholic spring has already begun and now it appears to kicking into high gear. Germany’s top prelate Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg has appealed to Pope Francis for the consideration of ordaining women to the diaconate. In comments at the conclusion of a four day meeting of the German bishops, he said that the… Read More (UPDATED) Germany’s Top Catholic Bishop to Pope: Consider Ordaining Women to the Diaconate
National Catholic Reporter senior correspondent and CNN’s Vatican correspondent John Allen was the keynote speaker at the Diocese of Camden’s Justice for All Dinner last week. John is one of the most respected Church observers, and he provided invaluable coverage throughout Pope Benedict’s resignation and all that followed. At the end of his talk here,… Read More “First an Earthquake, then a Hurricane”: Life & Justice Interview with John Allen
Over at America, Meghan Clark has an excellent response to Stacie Beck’s quite abysmal article “Just Economics”, which was also featured in America. Clark shows just how divorced this worldview is from Catholic thought, in addition to highlighting the faulty economics that Beck employs. The heart of the conflict centers around whether people have dignity… Read More Catholic Teaching, Not Just “Economics”
Philip de Mahy, my colleague at the Institute for Policy Research & Catholics Studies, and I had the opportunity to interview Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, during his recent trip to Washington DC. Here Cardinal Turkson responds to the question of what young people in the United States… Read More Cardinal Turkson: How Young People Can Build Justice and Peace
I find that both sides of the same-sex marriage debate most often use stale, simplistic arguments that fail to respond to the critiques of the opposing side. The lack of nuance and intellectual seriousness, outside of a handful of very thoughtful voices, is almost certainly the result of people simply preaching to their own choir,… Read More How About a Real Debate on Gay Marriage?
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