The principle of the living wage and the principle of subsidiarity are the most distinctive tenets of Catholic social doctrine. The Church’s teaching on the living wage received its classic formulation in Pope Leo XIII’s great encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891). Since then, every pontiff has reaffirmed the moral necessity of a living wage. According to … Read more
The semi-annual meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops in Collegeville, Minnesota, June 24 to 27, was either a turning point in the history of the postconciliar Church in this country, or a fluke. On every controverted question, the more orthodox or conservative position prevailed. Some routine items were on the agenda, including minor revisions in … Read more
The expulsion of Monsignor Bismarck Carballo and Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega from Nicaragua last summer was tantamount to an open declaration of war on the Church by the Sandinista regime. Not that that war was a new development. It has been going on for some time. The list of Sandinista attacks is long and sobering, … Read more