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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No Time Schedule: What the Church Says When a War Stops Being an Emergency
The US-Iran 60-day deadline lapsed with no plan to end the war. A Catholic look at what the Church teaches about normalizing…
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The Force of Law, or the Law of Force: What the Church Says About the Promise America Made to Korea in 1953
Trump cut US-South Korea drills over Iran. What Catholic social teaching says about keeping treaties and the force of law over the…
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When the Roof Came Down During Mass: What Charity Owes and What Justice Owes on Flores
A magnitude 7.7 quake killed 47 on Catholic Flores. A Catholic look at what the state owes in justice and what the…
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Five Feet of Water in All of Our Homes: What Catholic Teaching Says Indiana Is Owed
Record flooding in Indiana leaves families ruined. What Catholic social teaching says about property, housing, solidarity, and what the commonwealth owes them.
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Two Hundred Days Without a Port: Catholic Teaching on the Sailor’s Right to Rest
The USS Abraham Lincoln has gone 200+ days without a port call. What Catholic social teaching says about a sailor’s right to…
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The Grain Is Not Collateral: Catholic Teaching and the Two Terminals at Novorossiysk
Ukraine’s strike on Novorossiysk damaged four warships and halted two grain terminals. What Catholic social teaching says about the bread at the…
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The Order of the Rescue: Catholic Teaching and the Villages Colombia Could Not Reach
A 7.4 quake hit Colombia’s poorest region, but help reached the cities first. What Catholic social teaching says about the order of…
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The Bill for Fifty Years: Catholic Teaching on Reparations, Blockades, and What Peace Actually Costs
Trump and Iran are trading reparation demands over the Strait of Hormuz. What Catholic social teaching says about ledgers, blockades, and real…
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The Force of Law, or the Law of Force: Catholic Teaching and Israel’s Rejection of the Fifteen-Point Gaza Plan
Netanyahu rejected the 15-point Gaza roadmap. Catholic social teaching on fidelity to agreements, pacta sunt servanda, explains what came loose.
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A Law with Names in It: The Church on the Rule of Law and the New Attorney General
The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general. A Catholic deacon on the Church teaching about rule of law, equal justice, and…