Anti-Union Hypocrisy and the Janus Case
The same radical individualism that wants unions to be nothing but ineffectual voluntary organizations likewise sees marriage and the family as mere voluntary associations.
Contra Torporem: The Catholic School’s Response to Social Media & New Technologies
The Catholic school has a tremendous and deep tradition from which to draw in order to address scenarios engendered by the advent of these new technologies.
The Economic Crisis of 2008-2009
There is a disconnect for Catholics between the Word of the Gospel and the economic culture, which countenances every form of self-indulgence.
Homage to Christ the King
Economic activity is part of that hierarchy of means and ends leading up to God, part of the homage to Christ the King which mankind is bound to offer.
Social Justice According to Pius XI
The term “social justice” is little understood by most of those who use it—but the term does have a precise meaning as carefully explained by Pius XI.
Socialism, Capitalism, and Materialism
Catholics assume that the reason for Pius' declaration against socialism was the economic or perhaps the political practices of socialists.
Chesterton and the Pickpocket
Chesterton invoked the image of the pickpocket as a way of capturing the truth about present-day economic philosophies and practices.
Justice in Economics Is Not Socialism
Dorothy, who had already tried socialism before she became a Catholic, decided not only to condemn Communism and socialism, but to create an alternative.
An Interview with Christopher Hagen
With his lovely wife Christelle and their six beautiful children, Christopher Hagen is looking forward to whatever God has in store for his family.
The Sacrifice of Social Mercy
Both Caritas in Veritate and Laudato Si exalt the logic of giving, of generosity and gratuitousness, as the basis for the Church’s social doctrine.
A Postmodern Encyclical
Pope Benedict wrote the first postmodern encyclical, one that capitalizes on the post-Enlightenment and post-secular weariness with secular reason.
G.K. Chesterton and the Challenge of Poland
Chesterton had spontaneously praised Poland, pointing to the deep love of personal freedom—the freedom that once existed in England.
Is Usury Still a Sin?
One looks in vain to find that the Church ever retracted, abrogated, or substantially altered her teaching on usury.
Benedict on Business: What's Love Got to Do With It?
Pope Benedict XVI's new encyclical insists that proper economics is based not only on the virtue of justice, but on the supernatural virtue of love!
The Dialogue Between Veritas and Caritate
There is a dialogic relationship between theology, the Queen of the Sciences, and economics, or indeed every other humane science.