Join our Newsletter Pope Francis, Virgil, and the Global Economy by Nicholas D. Sawicki Photo by Toby Madden (Courtesy of Mark Carney) Sic vos non vobis. This famous rebuke by the poet Virgil to the plagiarizer Bathyllus, “For you, but not yours,”...
Join our Newsletter The State’s Role Regarding Economic Activity by CAPP-USA To Encourage a Free Economy The State Must Promote a Free Economy Pope St. John Paul II identifies the role of the state as regards economic activity. What should,...
Join our Newsletter Human Rights: What Must the State Protect? by CAPP-USA The Church on Government “The political community exists…for the sake of the common good, in which it finds its full justification and significance, and the source of...
Join our Newsletter The Common Good: a Result – not a “Principle” by CAPP-USA The “common good” is a critical concept and – an aspirational result: “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as...
Join our Newsletter Why is the Principle of Subsidiarity so Important? by CAPP-USA This principle of subsidiarity is crucial to fully understanding Catholic social teaching and, while we may have heard the term “subsidiarity” before, we really...