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Looking back on Rerum Novarum

Monday, May 26, 2025

Matthew Neugebauer

Pope Leo XIV chose his name primarily to highlight his most recent namesake Leo XIII, whose "historic encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question" to the challenges of his time. What concerns does the encyclical address? How does it speak to its time? And what has been its legacy 134 years later?

Leo XIII: A pope for our time

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Benjamin Boivin

Pope Leo XIII, regularly understood to be the founder of Catholic social teaching, can be described as the first modern pope.

Is war in our nature? Catholic teaching on war and violence

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Benjamin Boivin

Are war and violence an inescapable part of human nature? Benjamin Boivin explains what the Catholic Church teaches us about the nature of war.

World Humanitarian Day 2021: How can Catholics help solve the climate crisis?

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Jermaine Bagnall

The focus for this year's World Humanitarian Day is the ongoing climate crisis and the human cost associated with it. What can Catholics do to help?

Saving liberalism from itself

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Fr. Damian Howard, SJ

Fr. Damian Howard, Provincial of the Jesuits in Britain, shares his views on Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.

Deacon-structing the Preferential Option for the Poor – Part 2 | Church Documents

Sunday, August 4, 2019

Deacon Pedro

Deacon Pedro walks us through the sophisticated social doctrine that the Catholic Church has developed regarding the preferential option for the poor.

Deacon-structing the Preferential Option for the Poor – Part 1 | Scripture

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Deacon Pedro

What does it mean to have a “preferential option for the poor”? Deacon Pedro Guevara Mann starts with an exploration of the poor in Scripture.

A Quick Take on the New Vatican Document:
What You Need to Know

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Allyson Kenny

The Vatican has just released a new document on economics and the world financial system. This work is highly technical and not for the average ‘Joe Six-pack' in the pews.  But never fear.  I, a humble Salt+Light associate producer (with a strong academic background in developmental economics_ am here with a quick take on what the average Catholic can glean from this document; no economics degree needed, I promise.  

Cardinal Wuerl: The Catholic Ideal of Solidarity and The New Evangelization

Monday, June 15, 2015

Salt + Light Media

On Monday, June 15, 2015, Cardinal Donald Wuerl gave the keynote address at the AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on the Catholic Ideal of Solidarity and the New Evangelization. Read the full text of his address below: I have been asked to speak about the Catholic ideal of solidarity in our contemporary world and the need […]

Catholic Focus: Words of Jesus

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

Catholic social teaching is an essential element of our Christian heritage and faith. Not only is it built on a commitment to the poor, but it is a commitment that arises from our experiences of Christ in the Eucharist. With that in mind, how can we make a life-long commitment and live out our baptismal […]

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