News Commentary
The day’s news read through the teaching of the Church, free, every day. For one principle worked through in depth each week, see The Catholic Citizen. For the teaching itself, start with Catholic Social Teaching: the twelve principles.
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The Firewall and the Ballot: What the Church Says a Majority Can Confer
The AfD won 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt. Catholic social teaching says democracy is a means, not an end, and no majority can confer…
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Three Days of Quiet: What a Truce Proves, and What Peace Still Requires
Putin paused strikes on Kyiv for 72 hours. A Catholic look at what a truce proves, the duty to negotiate, and why…
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The Number Behind the Number: What a Just Wage Says About a Strong Jobs Report
162,000 new jobs, record $5.85 diesel. A Catholic look at why the just wage, not the headline count, is the real test…
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Nine Days in the Dark: What the Church Says a Dam Owes the Men Who Build It
Two men rescued after nine days in a Nepali dam tunnel. What Catholic social teaching says about labor’s priority over capital on…
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Who Pays for the Smoke: Peat Fires, Palm Oil, and the Real Cost of Clearing Land
Indonesia’s peat fires put 5.5 million under toxic air. Catholic social teaching on who really pays when a company bills its costs…
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The Wedding in Bandar Kuhestak: What an Intention Can and Cannot Settle
U.S. strikes in Iran hit a wedding. A Catholic look at why good intentions cannot alone justify an act, or discharge the…
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What a Refusal Is Worth: The Army, a Promotion List, and the Duty Not to Cooperate
The Army secretary’s resignation, read through Catholic social teaching: public office as stewardship, and the duty to refuse an order you judge…
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Punishment of the Aggressor: The Church on a War Where Every Blow Is Called a Reply
US and Iran trade strikes over the Strait of Hormuz. What Catholic social teaching and Pope Leo XIV say about a war…
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One Hundred Years: What Leo XIII Says About a Contract Between Unequal Parties
Trump’s 100-year Venezuela oil deal, weighed against Leo XIII and Paul VI on why consent between unequal parties doesn’t make a contract…
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Who Hands You the Ballot: Subsidiarity and a Postal Rule Seventy Days Out
A blocked federal mail-ballot rule, 70 days from the midterms, tested against subsidiarity: the task belongs to the smallest body able to…