Catholic Social Teaching
From The Journal at Catholic Paradigm.
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Get Up, Governor: What The Church Says About A Nation’s Right To Remain One
At one minute past midnight Tuesday, Canada began taxing American steel, cheese, appliances and farm equipment at the same rates Washington has…
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The Firewall And The Ballot: What The Church Says A Majority Can Confer
On Sunday night in Magdeburg, two men claimed democracy for opposite conclusions. The AfD’s national co-leader said the voters had “definitively rejected”…
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Three Days Of Quiet: What A Truce Proves, And What Peace Still Requires
At midnight Saturday, by order of one man, the drones stopped coming at Kyiv. They will start again on Tuesday unless something…
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The Number Behind The Number: What A Just Wage Says About A Strong Jobs Report
The government counted 162,000 new jobs in August, about 3 times what anyone expected, and within an hour the markets had decided…
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Nine Days In The Dark: What The Church Says A Dam Owes The Men Who Build It
Two men walked out of a mountain on Friday. One of them was carried out on a rescuer’s shoulder, caked in mud,…
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Who Pays For The Smoke: Peat Fires, Palm Oil, And The Real Cost Of Clearing Land
Somebody lit those fires. That’s the detail worth considering before anything else in this story. The peat burning across Kalimantan and Sumatra…
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The Wedding In Bandar Kuhestak: What An Intention Can And Cannot Settle
American forces hit around 100 targets inside Iran on Tuesday, and somewhere in that list, according to Iran’s own provincial officials, was…
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What A Refusal Is Worth: The Army, A Promotion List, And The Duty Not To Cooperate
A promotion list is one of the plainest documents the Army produces. Names, ranks, a recommendation, a signature line. In March, according…
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Punishment Of The Aggressor: The Church On A War Where Every Blow Is Called A Reply
Iran named the operation. “Punishment of the Aggressor.” This is what the Revolutionary Guard called the missiles it sent into Jordan before…
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One Hundred Years: What Leo XIII Says About A Contract Between Unequal Parties
One hundred years. That’s the term on the oil concession President Trump announced Friday night, and the number deserves a minute before…