Tag Archives: Catholic Social Thinking

Catholic Social Thinking and the Support of Labor Unions

Posted on August 12, 2023 by angelolopez

The Roman Catholic Church is very conservative on some issues and very progressive in some issues. One of the areas in which the Catholic Church is the most progressive is in its critique of capitalism and in its support of … Continue reading →

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Quadragesimo Anno and the Catholic Critique of Capitalism

Posted on June 15, 2023 by angelolopez

The Roman Catholic Church is just as critical of capitalism as Karl Marx. The Catholic critique of capitalism focuses on capitalism’s negative effects on social relations between individuals and between different classes in a community. Without moral constraints, a system … Continue reading →

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Centesimus Annus and the Catholic Critique of Capitalism

Posted on June 15, 2023 by angelolopez

Pope John Paul II was a strong opponent of both totalitarian communism and right wing authoritarianism. Having lived under the terrors of both the Nazi and Soviet occupations of Poland, John Paul II saw that both left wing and right … Continue reading →

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Rerum Novarum and the Catholic Critique of Capitalism

Posted on June 15, 2023 by angelolopez

When we think of critics of capitalism, we often think of Karl Marx. But over the past 100 years, a consistent and surprising critic of the capitalist system is the Roman Catholic Church. While the Catholic Church has been a … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Catholic Social Thinking

Catholic Social Thinking and the Support of Labor Unions

Quadragesimo Anno and the Catholic Critique of Capitalism

Centesimus Annus and the Catholic Critique of Capitalism

Rerum Novarum and the Catholic Critique of Capitalism

Dorothy Day, Sainthood, and the Catholic Worker

Non-Marxist Critiques of the Capitalist System

Seventy Five Years of the Catholic Worker

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