When a firm makes a profit, this means that productive factors have been properly employed and corresponding human needs have been duly satisfied.” (Centesimus Annus, 35)

Just as “Christian charitable activity must be independent of parties and ideologies” (Pope Benedict XVI) Catholic social teaching is not an endorsement of or for any political teaching.

We have the opportunity, not simply to reevaluate our economic, political, and social orders, but actually to change them for the better.

Can women be ordained? This is a difficult topic for us ‘moderns’ because the reason for the answer “no” is, essentially, theological.

The Church calls for a new evangelization and tells us that “to spread her social doctrine pertains to the Church’s evangelization mission and is an essential part of the Christian message”. (Pope St. John Paul II)

We can either continue on the current path of what some argue is amoral wealth generation in a dehumanizing market society, or we can build new systems, grounded in common values, that encourage growth while stewarding resources for future generations.