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by bcadmin | Nov 3, 2022 | Black Lives Matter, Columns, covid, Ecclesia et Civitas, Features, News, Polarization, Politics, Pope Francis, Social Doctrine, social issues, tradition, transgenderism | 0 |
Catholic social teaching has to do with building a better world, one in which what is good in us is more fully realized. That’s why it talks about “integral human development.” The goal is evidently […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 25, 2022 | American, Capitalism, Features, Fr. Edward McGlynn, Henry George, History, liberalism, modernism, News, Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, Social Doctrine, socialism | 0 |
Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum, while not the first social encyclical, was still a revolutionary document, albeit within the bounds of natural law and the Magisterium. Previous social encyclicals, beginning with Mirari Vos […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 1, 2022 | Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Communism, Jesus Christ, krakow, News, Poland, Social Doctrine, Social Justice, St. John Paul II, The Dispatch | 0 |
Blessed Stefan Wyszyński was the primate of Poland from 1948-1981 during one of the pivotal periods of her history. Love and Social Justice: Reflections on Society was created from a series of essays written by Wyszyński […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 11, 2021 | Divine Mercy, Easter, Featured, Indulgences, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, Pope Francis, Pope St. John XXIII, Saint John Paul II, Saints, Social Doctrine, St. Faustina, Works of Mercy | 0 |
Jesus is waiting for you right here, right now. He is all holy and He desires you to be in communion with Him. For that, you do not in this life need to be perfect; you need to be forgiven, to be healed and to be contrite and desire holiness. Give your…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | European union, Green New Deal, News, Social Doctrine, U.S. & World News, United States, World Economic Forum | 0 |
With a number of nations considering some form of a “Green New Deal” for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it is important that these efforts respect diverse cultures and economic policies, and avoid imposing a “uniform” model that ends up causing division, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 24, 2021 | Abortion, Contraception, Culture of Death, culture of life, embryonic stem cells, euthanasia, Evangelium Vitae, Featured, Gaudium et spes, God, holiness, human dignity, Human trafficking, innocent human life, Into the Deep, News, Pope Francis, pro-life, prolife, Roe v. Wade, Saint John Paul II, Saints, Second Vatican Council, Selfishness, slave trade, Social Doctrine, St. Paul, temples of the Holy Spirit, Vatican II | 0 |
An oppressive darkness has settled upon the United States of America. Forty-eight years ago, on January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States “legalized” abortion on demand and this country has never recovered from the damage inflicted on ou…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 5, 2021 | Chesterton, Dale Ahlquist, distributism, Hollywood, News, pro-life, Social Doctrine, The Dispatch | 0 |
A crucially important feature of Catholic social teaching, but one frequently underemphasized or misunderstood, is a clear animus against the concentration of power within a society. This perilous agglomeration can happen economically, politically, or …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2020 | christ the king, commandments, Faith, Featured, Gospel, Gospel of Mathew, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Love, News, obedience, Prayer, prayer life, Scripture, Social Doctrine, Social Justice, St. Matthew, surrender, Works of Mercy | 0 |
“As I have loved you, so you also should love one another” (John 13:34). In John 14:15, Jesus tells his apostles, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” In this passage, Jesus is preparing His Apostles for His departure and the coming of the…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2020 | culture of life, Faith & Reason, Featured, human dignity, In the Spotlight, moral relativism, News, pro-life, prolife, rights, Social Doctrine | 0 |
Whose rights are protected in a relativistic culture? It is precisely on this point that relativistic societies face a serious dilemma: How does a community arbitrate various individuals’ competing interests? There is much rhetoric in our modern …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2020 | Abortion, Catholic Church, Catholic social teaching, Catholic social thought, Culture, culture of life, Featured, human dignity, Into the Deep, News, prolife, Prophets, Respect Life Sunday, Saint John Paul II, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Saints, sin, Social Doctrine, surrender, trust, Truth | 0 |
“Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what it wants.” (Saint Teresa of Calcutta) We live in an age that is filled with signs and wonders, many of which are ominous and terrifying—our polit…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic, News, Pope Francis, Social Doctrine, U.S. & World News | 0 |
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and social and environmental crises worldwide, Pope Francis announced he would begin a new series of general audience talks aimed at helping build “the future that we need.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 19, 2020 | Divine Mercy, Easter, Featured, Indulgences, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, Pope Francis, Pope St. John XXIII, Saint John Paul II, Saints, Social Doctrine, St. Faustina, Works of Mercy | 0 |
Jesus is waiting for you right here, right now. He is all holy and He desires you to be in communion with Him. For that, you do not in this life need to be perfect; you need to be forgiven, to be healed and to be contrite and desire holiness. Give your…
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