solidarity with the poor

The Real Mandate

by Dan Spencer on March 16, 2012 · 0 comments

As the HHS mandate continues to ring alarm bells and engender ridiculous and bogus efforts like Sandra Fluke and the “war on women” by politicians, there is another mandate that might perhaps be of a more challenging nature-the mandate of…

“Over the last 120 years, during which the social doctrine of the Church has developed, many great changes have taken place which were not even imaginable at the time of Leo XIII’s historic Encyclical ‘Rerum novarum’. Nonetheless, the alteration in…

This week diocesan Caritas in Rome will celebrate a series of initiatives under the title of “Capitale solidale”. The aim is “to analyze difficulties, discern changes, share experiences and create a network of relationships between people for the common good”…

My household is living through the lettuce glut. Lettuce is one of the first things to come to maturity in my Georgia garden and due to the fast onset of warm weather and the southern latitude with its long days,…