Georgetown University faculty members explored the principles of Catholic social teaching and how those principles can shape approaches to dignified care for people with disabilities at a Sept. 17 ...

Last fall, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced its intention to honor Sen. Richard Durbin for his work on immigration. The senator's approach was clearly in line with the principles of Catholic S ...

On Wednesday, I began my review of Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis by Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny and Fr. Christian Barone, in which I looked at the beginning ...

Catholic teaching holds that global interdependence, left morally unstructured, intensifies injustice; cooperation among middle powers appears as a pragmatic analogue to institutional justice.

Editor’s note: J.D. Vance was named as Donald J. Trump’s vice presidential candidate on July 15, 2024 on the eve of the Republican National Convention. In his 1901 encyclical “Graves de Communi Re,” ...

During the 1980s, John Carr served as the Secretary of Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of Washington, working with the archbishop then, Cardinal James Hickey, as the archdiocese greatly expanded ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Cardinals and coworkers praised Carr at his retirement after more than 50 years of work for the Catholic Church.

A recent speaker at a South Bend, Indiana, parish said he was not going to tell parishioners how to vote, nor would he present a Catholic report card on the two presidential candidates. Instead, ...

(RNS) — Labor Day is approaching, and just a few days later I will begin teaching my fall classes. Like every fall semester, the largest class I’ll teach will be on Catholic social teaching. This ...

This column is addressed specifically to Roman Catholics and their families and friends who may often hear "Catholic social teaching requires ‘sanctuary cities'" or even an "open border." I have had ...