Posts Tagged ‘Caritas in Veritate’
Rerum Novarum and the Catholic legacy of Economic Justice
The current budget battle between the two dominant American political parties involves two familiar, age-old, disagreements on how to provide prosperity for as many people as possible. From the political forces on the right we have a firm belief that economic growth happens through a free and unregulated market system. This tradition comes to us ... Read more
Ethical Tourism: The reality of Human Trafficking
We are approaching a very heavy traveling season. During the winter and the holiday season people will be visiting family, friends or warmer climates. The tourism industry is vital to many poor third world nations, but unfortunately the dark side of globalization has created a horrific component to this economy. It is called Human Trafficking ... Read more
Authentic Human Development
In the encyclical Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI spends a considerable time defining what he called “authentic human development.” authentic human development concerns the whole of the person in every single dimension. Without the perspective of eternal life, human progress in this world is denied breathing-space. Enclosed within history, it runs the risk of being ... Read more
Overview of “Caritas in Veritate”
Integral human development is back in the news: By Kevin Dance, CP * Pope Benedict XVI explores the challenges of integral human development today in Caritas in Veritate. He uses the occasion of the 40th year since Paul VI issued his encyclical Populorum Progressio (On the Progress of Peoples) to recall its richness and reinforces its ... Read more
Analyzing the Economic Stimulus based on the Pope’s encyclical
Before I continue reflecting on the Pope’s recent social encyclical I would like to offer a personal comment on the economic stimulus. One of the core points of the Pope’s economic message is that business as usual with regards to the global economic activity cannot continue. In the last blog reflection I shared the Catholic ... Read more
The “Consistent Ethic of Life” within the Global Economy: Chapter 2 of Caritas In Veritate
“Charity in Truth” is the latest encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI. This encyclical continues the tradition of Catholic Social Thought by addressing the issue of the Global Economic Crisis, Development, and Poverty. Yet there is a marked difference in this social encyclical that we who are Catholics in America need to attentive to. Pope Benedict ... Read more
Recent News & Blogs
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International Day of Non-Violence
Lectionary Reflections,Passion for Justice - September 28, 2011
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Wisdom to know the Difference”
Lectionary Reflections - July 21, 2011
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Good and Evil Wolf
Lectionary Reflections - July 14, 2011
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Comprehending the Incomprehensible
Lectionary Reflections - July 7, 2011
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July 4th Reflection on Religious Liberty
Passion for Justice - July 1, 2011
