by capp | Apr 22, 2021 | All, The Common Good
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...
by capp | Mar 25, 2021 | All, What is CST?
Join our Newsletter 10 Catholic Social Teaching Questions by CAPP-USA 1. What is 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...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Dignity of Work, Economics, Human Dignity, Inflation
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...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Economics, Government and Politics, Preferential Option for the Poor, Universal Destination of Goods
Join our Newsletter Toward Achieving a “Just” Distribution of Wealth by Dr. Brian Engelland, DBA Human labor tends to be undervalued for what it can produce, and negotiations between employer and employee tend to be uneven. Accordingly, the Church expects...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Human Dignity, What is CST?
Join our Newsletter A Deeper Examination of the Dignity of the Human Person by CAPP-USA The Catholic Church’s view of human dignity springs from human agency and free will, with the further understanding that free will in turn springs from...
