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5 Surprising Ideas from Catholic Social Teaching

Rooted in the core principles of human dignity, CST offers a constructive vision for our own time of rapid transformation.

Tania Tetlow, President of Fordham University, addressed CAPP members and guests at the Pro-Pontifice Dinner
President Tetlow's Address to CAPP
This is a wonderful community we bring together tonight. CAPP – US, our beloved Jesuits, members of the Fordham faculty and trustees, alumni and friends.…
Pope Francis Reforms the Roman Curia
These are the primary ideas that connect the new Apostolic Constitution governing the Roman Curia with the Second Vatican Council.…
A man gives to a poor homeless person begging on the street.
Charity vs. Justice
The controversy over the primacy of ‘charity or justice’ is reminiscent of earlier controversies about ‘faith or works’ answered by St. James 2,000 years ago:…
Cardinal Marc Ouellet
Cardinal Ouellet on Women's Ordination
Can women be ordained? The Catechism gives the simplest answer (CCC, 1577)“Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination. The Lord Jesus chose men…
Katharine Schori is an Episcopal church bishop. The Catholic Church rejects women's ordination, while the Anglican tradition, begun by King Henry, does.
Can Women be Ordained Priests?
Can women be ordained? This is a difficult topic for us ‘moderns’ because the reason for the answer “no” is, essentially, theological.…
Pope Francis waves to crowd in St. Peter's square.
10 Questions About Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic social teaching seeks to apply the essence of Christian moral principles to life in society. It is not an economic or political program, but…

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