by capp | Oct 19, 2021 | All, Economics, Government and Politics
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,”...
by capp | Apr 29, 2021 | All, Right to Private Property
Join our Newsletter Catholic Social Teaching and the Right to Private Property: The Church’s Often Misunderstood Position by CAPP-USA In 1931 Pope Pius XI said the dialogue around the Church’s pronouncements on the right to private property was...
by capp | Apr 20, 2021 | All, Subsidiarity, What is CST?
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...
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, 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...