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Make it work

The right kind of work values workers As we rethink work post-pandemic, consider Catholic social teaching. Modern Catholic social thought is typically dated back to Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor). It’s not that Catholicism had never dealt with social ethics before, of course, but the pope’s discussion marked a new level […]

Does care for creation ignore the poor?

Does care for creation ignore the poor? Climate change disproportionately affects the most vulnerable communities. Climate change kills millions from drought, flooding, famine, and disease and exacerbates prenatal and perinatal mortality in poor countries. The United Nations predicts those who are already suffering could experience 100 more days of extreme weather annually. Despite this humanitarian […]

Life and debt

It’s time to reform global lending, say U.S. Bishops A global response to COVID-19 demands a merciful response to debt. Just a few years back, historically low interest rates provoked a debt binge among governments in the developing world, one partly bankrolled by new geopolitical players like China or cheerfully packaged into new lending instruments […]

You say you want a revolution

Divine revelation leads to revolution As long as the work of justice is incomplete, our faith drives us to revolutions large and small. Thomas Jefferson promoted a rather surprising idea: the need for a healthy society to make generous room for ongoing dissatisfaction. A nation’s Founding Father might be expected to champion docile compliance among […]

Shake things up

In ‘One Night in Miami,’ Black men of faith shake things up The Amazon Studios film, directed by Regina King, gives us a stirring debate about individual autonomy and social responsibility. For the past 21 years, I’ve taught at historically Black colleges, and several times during those years the theater department has either hosted or […]

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