by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Common Good, Dignity of Work, Economics
Join our Newsletter Is Your Company Paying A "Just" Wage? by Dr. Brian Engelland, DBA Over 120 years ago, Pope Leo XIII introduced the idea of a "just" wage in his encyclical, Rerum Novarum. He defined the just wage as an amount needed to support a thrifty and...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Consumerism, The Family and Marriage
Join our Newsletter Consumption and Family Life by Andrew V. Abela, PhD Consumerism arises from a misunderstanding about the meaning of life and the real source of human happiness: Consumerism is the mistaken idea that the consumption of things...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Economics, Encyclical Summaries, Government and Politics
Join our Newsletter Free Markets, Catholic Social Teaching, and Democracy by CAPP-USA What does the Church teach about free markets? Catholic social teaching places economic freedom parallel to political freedom. It recognizes that free...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Economics, Government and Politics, Socialism
Join our Newsletter What Does Catholic Social Teaching Say About the “Welfare State” by CAPP-USA What is the “Welfare State”? "The State which would provide everything (a welfare state), absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere...
