The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life of Georgetown University recently hosted an event on Pope Francis, faith, and the 2016 campaign. The panel featured: Lauren Ashburn, EWTN News Nightly White House correspondent and political director; E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist and professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Emma Green, writer and… Read More Faith, Francis, and the 2016 Campaign
In The Poisoning of Flint: How It Happened, I outlined some key points: The poisoning of the population of Flint, Michigan did not just happen – it was caused. Democratic processes were overridden in the name of “fiscal responsibility.” Those in positions of power (General Motors and State officials) were provided with safe, clean water… Read More Catholic Social Teaching and the Poisoning of Flint
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Crux. He writes: In an August 2014 Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Ryan apologized for using the language of “makers and takers” in the past to describe the relationship between the rich and the poor: The phrase gave insult where none was intended. People struggling and… Read More Paul Ryan should take the pope’s words to heart
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Time. He writes: Ryan is very much in the same boat of his two immediate predecessors, Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner. All three are professed Catholics. And like Pelosi and Boehner, Ryan has his own set of difficulties with the Catholic Church on social policies. For… Read More What Paul Ryan Can Learn From the Pope
When it comes to politics, our society is often divided between those who emphasize personal responsibility and those who emphasize our social responsibilities. The former often focus on the cultural factors that tear families apart, while the latter highlight the economic threats faced by families. Within the Church these divisions are seen in the rivalry… Read More How the Church’s Both/And Approach Can Close the Opportunity Gap and Reduce Poverty
America is running an excerpt from Millennial writer Meghan Clark’s book The Vision of Catholic Social Thought: The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights. She writes: Common humanity must be the starting point understood through radical interdependence. Catholic social thought offers an understanding of human persons in community in which human dignity… Read More Grounding social justice in our common humanity
This post by Henry Longbottom, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. The word emanating from Vatican corridors is that we can expect to see the long awaited environment-themed encyclical at some point during 2015. The exact date has not been disclosed, but it could coincide with Francis’ apostolic visit to the Philippines in January,… Read More Pope Francis’ Ecology Encyclical: What Can We Expect?
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