by admin | Nov 1, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Faithful citizenship, Religious liberty, Uncategorized
After a wild and unpredictable election cycle, many voters may be counting down the hours to November 9th, hoping to gain a respite from the constant barrage of campaign ads and media firestorms. The vitriol and partisan rancor of the last 18 months has left some not...
by admin | Aug 10, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Economic justice, Faithful citizenship
PART THREE International Trade and Democracy between 1947 and the Present By Rev. Frederick Edlefsen Challenges to Subsidiarity Subsidiarity is among the most constant and characteristic directives of the Church’s social doctrine and has been present since the...
by admin | Aug 2, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Economic justice, Uncategorized
PART 2 International Trade & the Principle of Participation: The American Experience from 1778 to 1945 By Rev. Frederick Edlefsen Participation in community life is not only one of the greatest aspirations of the citizen, called to exercise freely and responsibly...
by admin | Jul 27, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Economic justice, Faithful citizenship
This is the first part of a three-part series on our current political and economic environment By Rev. Frederick Edlefsen PART ONE: Some political background on the current situation One thing that politicos agree on these days is that we are now in the one of the...
by admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Marriage and family, Religious liberty
By Jeff Caruso, Executive Director, Virginia Catholic Conference The Catholic Church in the U.S. is in the midst of its fifth annual Fortnight for Freedom – 14 days of prayer, education and action for religious freedom in our country and throughout the world. Freedom...
by admin | Jun 22, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Economic justice, Environment, Living the faith, Norfolk, Tidewater
By Lonnie Ellis, OFS Climate change is a moral issue. One year ago, Pope Francis made this point emphatically with his encyclical Laudato Si. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has warned about climate change many times—with a major statement in 2001, and...
