catholic social teaching

December 06, 2011

Social Business, Social Gospel, Social Justice

Friedrich Hayek called it a weasel word. The American Spectator has my new essay on it here. More on social justice as it appears in Catholic social teaching here. Continue Reading...

November 08, 2011

BREAKING: Center for American Progress Takes Moral High Ground

The Center for American Progress (CAP) has boldly rebutted the arguments of our own Kishore Jayabalan, director of Istituto Acton, concerning the Vatican’s note on a “central world bank.” It has done so by showing him to be lacking in “respect for the inherent dignity of human life.” Continue Reading...

August 24, 2011

Richard Epstein takes on papal economics

Noted NYU law professor and free-market advocate Richard Epstein has written a provocative piece titled “How is Warren Buffett like the Pope? They are both dead wrong on economics.” Here’s the money quote: The great advantage of competition in markets is that it exhausts all gains from trade, which thus allows individuals to attain higher levels of welfare. Continue Reading...

August 01, 2011

What the Common Good Isn’t

It looks like Congress will vote later today or this evening to raise the debt ceiling and avert a possible default by the United States Treasury. How the debt ceiling compromise will fair when measured against Acton’s Principles for Budget Reform it is too early to know, but one thing is certain: if the deal contains a single budget cut for even the most ineffective of social programs, we’ll hear screams of protest from Jim Wallis and his Circle of Protection. Continue Reading...

July 13, 2011

Catholic Social Teaching and the Federal Budget

Both the religious right and left have weighed in during the heated federal budget battle as Congressman Paul Ryan’s proposed budget has seen its fair share of support and criticism from many religious leaders. Continue Reading...

June 02, 2011

Rev. Sirico: Not Whether to Help the Poor, But How

The budget proposed by House Republicans has lead to a heated debate; one key facet being whether funding should be cut for programs that benefit the poor and vulnerable. Critics claim the House Republicans’ proposed budget violates Catholic social teaching (click here to read the critics’ open letter to Speaker Boehner). Continue Reading...

May 17, 2011

Samuel Gregg: Debt, Finance, and Catholics

In Crisis Magazine, Acton Research Director Samuel Gregg has a new article that looks at how Catholics reflect on a wide range of financial questions ranging from the federal government’s fiscal woes to consumer debt to a fragile banking system. Continue Reading...

May 11, 2011

Rev. Sirico responds to Speaker Boehner’s Catholic Critics

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May 11, 2011

Catholic Social Teaching and Capitalism

That’s the subject of my most recent article at CrisisMagazine.com. The new Crisis web site is a reinvigoration of the old Crisis magazine. Editor Brian Saint-Paul summarizes the history in his inaugural editorial. Continue Reading...

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