While inflation hurts us all, it is especially hard for the poor whose incomes fail to keep up with rising prices.
Economics Articles
The Dignity of Work by Mr. Michael S. Davison, III
Pope Leo XIII’s landmark encyclical Rerum Novarum was published during the tempestuous years of the Industrial Revolution, and as such was The Church’s first social commentary – and our first resource in Catholic Social Teaching – considering the rights of the worker.
Women Nurturing Sustainable Development
I would like to thank the President of AIDDA, Laura Frati Gucci, for inviting me to the 58th FCEM World Congress in this conference entitled “How Women Face the New Economy and Ecology”
Rerum Novarum was groundbreaking in addressing the struggles of the working class and societal challenges during the Industrial Revolution.…
The right to form unions is firmly rooted in Catholic social teaching — with even their historical antecedents confirmed. However, there are conditions.…
The Catholic Church does not address tariffs in detail. She recognizes both the benefits of free trade and the right of nations to regulate their…
Every aspect of Catholic social teaching, from its guidance on cultural, political, and economic structures to its answers to pressing social issues has as its…
Karl Marx's greatest error was anthropological. He thought that once the economy had been put right, everything would automatically be put right.…
The interest of Catholic social teaching is not on the Great Resignation itself, but on the conditions of work, the expectations of employers and employees,…
List of Articles
- 10 Questions About Catholic Social Teaching
- A Laudato Si Summary
- A New Methodology for a New Economy
- A Rerum Novarum Summary
- Capitalism vs. Socialism
- Cardinal Tomasi's Address to CAPP, December 2021
- Catholic Social Teaching and Economics by Domingo Bickel
- Catholic Social Teaching, Democracy, and Free Markets
- Catholic Social Teaching: Antidote to Extremism
- God Quotes from Catholic Social Teaching
- Good, Socially Responsible Business
- Gratuitousness: Catholic Social Teaching’s Solution for Capitalism
- Inflation and Catholic Social Teaching
- Is Family Life Today Under Attack?
- Is Undocumented Immigration Sinful?
- Is Your Company Paying "Just" Wages?
- Karl Marx and Catholic Social Teaching
- Mark Carney, Pope Francis, and the Global Economy
- Marxism vs. Catholic Social Teaching: Where They Overlap—and Why They Ultimately Clash
- Pope Francis - An Economic Reformer and Provocateur
- Socialist Countries and Welfare States
- Tariffs and the Common Good
- The Dignity of Work by Mr. Michael S. Davison, III
- The Gig Economy and Rerum Novarum
- The Great Resignation and the Rights of Workers
- The Problems of Globalization
- The Role of Profit in Business
- The Role of the State and Economic Activity
- Was Jesus a Capitalist?
- Was Jesus a Socialist?
- What Does Catholic Social Teaching Say About a "Welfare State"?
- What is a "Just" Distribution of Wealth?
- What is a Union and What does the Church Teach?
- What is Capitalism?
- Women Nurturing Sustainable Development
