Headline News and Catholic Social Teaching
A brief look at specific stories in the news through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching.
Headline News and Catholic Social Teaching
Latest Episodes
Abortion Laws, a Puzzling Attitude, and Catholic Social Teaching
In this episode we look at recent abortion legislation, Catholic teaching on abortion, and the attitude maintained by some that one can be personally opposed to abortion while at the same time supporting legal access to abortion.
Response to Birthright Citizenship Episode
In this episode, my friend – and now collaborator – Stan Werne provides his response to the recent episode on Birthright Citizenship. If you haven’t already done so, you’ll probably want to listen to that episode, which was episode 13,&nb...
Introducing New Contributor Stan Werne
This episode introduces a new person and a new feature of the podcast. My friend and college classmate Stan Werne is going to join the podcast as an occasional contributor, and in this episode Stan tells us about himself, his background, ...
Food Stamp Changes and Catholic Social Teaching
In this episode we look at recent news regarding the US Farm Bill, and more specifically the part of the Farm Bill that deals with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, and see what light Catholic ...