Catholic Social Teaching

On Oct. 25, 150 leaders from across Appalachia gathered at the Diocese of Pittsburgh Pastoral Center for a daylong “faith and labor” dialogue designed to grapple with a range of …

“It is time to move beyond temporary fixes to a solution that honors the dignity of all and provides security and protects the sovereignty of our nation.”

“It is our hope and confidence that the new re-entry ministry will prove beneficial to those individuals who are seeking to start afresh.”

The words of “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”) — the apostolic exhortation on love for the poor released by the Vatican Oct. 9 — come from the pen of …

Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I have loved you”), was promulgated Oct. 9, the feast day of St. John Henry Newman.

The best theology, Pope Leo said, unites “faith and reason, reflection, prayer and practice.”

“These people, their livelihoods, their families have been shook up … (when you’re) out of a job, that’s painful,” said Hilly Trinity’s pastor.

The church’s defense of the environment is “so that no one irresponsibly destroys the natural goods that speak of the goodness and beauty of the Creator.”

Catholics’ response to poverty and injustice around them “must come from the heart of the Gospel and be attuned to the signs of the times,” the pope said.

Bishop Mark Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, called on every person to “pray for the courage to do the right thing” amid the immigration crisis.