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There’s good reason to observe the 2nd Fortnight for Freedom

by admin | Jun 19, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, Immigration, Marriage and family

In 1620, a group of men and women landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts after escaping religious persecution in Europe. One hundred sixty-seven years later, religious liberty was enshrined in our country’s founding document. So essential was this belief that the First...

Faithful citizenship: It means prayerful participation—even when we’d rather not

by admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship

In today’s vitriolic political culture of sound bites and partisanship, it’s not always easy as Catholics to practice our call to faithful citizenship. The public square may be filled with partisans, but the Church’s social teaching is consistent and neither “left”...
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