Giuseppe Franco to Deliver the 2019 Calihan Lecture: ‘Religion, Society, and...
Mark your calendar! As announced earlier this year, Professor Giuseppe Franco is the recipient of the 2019 Novak Award. In the upcoming 19th annual Calihan Lecture, Franco will examine the social...
View ArticleActon publishes detailed exposition of the Catholic view of poverty,...
Some passages of the Bible tell the rich to weep and wail because of their wealth. But these verses can mislead Christians whose attitude to wealth is not deeply rooted in the Christian church’s...
View ArticleThree developments or reversals of Church doctrine?
“The Church changed its teaching on usury.” If I had ten cents for every time I have heard this, by now I might have enough to buy myself lunch – and more! Continue Reading... Related posts:...
View ArticleActon Commentary: Flexible wages are one path to a more humane market
In an increasingly polarized political environment, where purity of intention substitutes for successful results, some public commentators have gone so far as to say that questioning the efficacy of...
View ArticlePope Francis endorses universal basic income on Easter Sunday?
For Christians, Easter Sunday commemorates the good news of Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. For leftists, this Easter brought the good news that Pope Francis seemingly endorsed a universal...
View ArticleWarrior for liberty: Rev. Maciej Zięba, O.P. (1954-2020)
Few people have the courage to resist a totalitarian system from within; fewer still have the intellectual and moral grounding to plant the seeds of its metamorphosis into a free and virtuous society....
View ArticleA biblical theology of work, Part 1: Why work?
A recent article on the Powerblog celebrating the work of delivery drivers, who never seem to be included in the definition of an “essential worker,” reminded me that we do not spend enough time...
View ArticleExamining the moral basis of Pope Francis’ pleas for financial regulation –...
In his Prayer Intentions for May 2021, Pope Francis is asking that Catholics pray for strict regulation of financial markets to protect the poor. But is strict government oversight what really protects...
View Article“Political Catholicism,” liberalism, and the myth of neutrality
On Twitter and in essays at The American Conservative, Sohrab Ahmari has argued that the debates about liberalism, post-liberalism, and integralism are “exhausted,” and that what he calls “political...
View ArticleWhen Catholic social teaching and neoclassical economics collide
Anyone looking for an engaging overview of what modern Catholic social teaching (CST) has to say about economic matters will find it in Anthony Annett’s book Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can...
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