Disaster Relief
From The Journal at Catholic Paradigm.
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Fire Heats Most What Is Next to It: What the Church Asks of the Gulf Coast Before Isaias Makes Landfall
Hurricane Isaias is bearing down on the Gulf Coast. What the Church teaches about solidarity, and why it begins with the neighbor…
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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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The Warning That Never Sounded: Rasuwa and What Prudence Owes People Who Cannot Protect Themselves
469 dead in Nepal after a glacier collapse with no warning. A Catholic look at the precautionary principle and what public authority…
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Even If It Does Not Contradict Civil Law: What a Room Should Cost When the City Is Burning
Nevada’s price-gouging law switched on with a signature. The Catechism and the Compendium ask a harder question about what a room should…
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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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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…