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Against Distributism: Who Does the Distributing?

This article comes to 1P5 from an anonymous Catholic. Distributism is an economic theory, articulated by G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, that has garnered interest in Catholic circles. While this economic system hasn’t developed in America as a political movement, it received praise in some Catholic circles as “the Catholic third way.” This title seems…

Bishop Sorondo and the Social(ist) Doctrine of the Church

Image: Gcmarino, Sanchezsorondowikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 By Riccardo Cascioli “At this moment, the Chinese are the ones who are best achieving the social doctrine of the Church.”  This quote alone, given at the beginning of an interview on China published by Vatican Insider (Spanish edition), should be enough to provoke the immediate dismissal of Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo,…

Minimum Wage Thinking and Salvation Theology: On the Worth and Value of the Human Being

The conception behind minimum wage laws – and any similar notion that supposes that employees should receive payment or benefits unrelated to the transactional value which they bring to their employers – is economically unsound. Though most people in our culture today would disagree with this point, it is at least well understood by most…

Pro-Life and Anti-Welfare

Publisher’s note: Coming to a correct understanding of sound economic principles through the lens of Catholic social teaching is a complex task that requires discernment and study. It is not possible for the Church to issue specific, universal policy prescriptions that are morally binding due to the highly subjective intricacies of particular economic, political, and social…

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