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
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Housing Crisis and Catholic Social Teaching
This episode looks at recent news related to housing availability and affordability, one of the most challenging social and economic issues of our time, and how Catholic Social Teaching can guide our response to the need for more affordable hou...
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Catholic Social Teaching
In this episode, we look at several recent news items related to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a procedure for getting pregnant that is growing in popularity and usage in the United States and around the world, and why the Catholic Chur...
Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty and Catholic Social Teaching
This episode brings together two news stories related to eradicating poverty, stories that didn't get a lot of attention but stories that have profound and practical significance for our lives as followers of Christ.Here are references a...
Christian Nationalism and Catholic Social Teaching
In this episode we look at Christian nationalism and what light Catholic Social Teaching might shed on this convergence of religion and national assertion, and we take a brief look at two recent US Catholic news stories – the consecration of th...
Artificial Intelligence and Catholic Social Teaching
This episode looks at a headline news story that is itself all about Catholic Social Teaching: the publication of Pope Leo the 14th’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas, or “magnificent humanity,” on safeguarding the human pers...
