Many pastors and other Catholic leaders encourage their immigrant flock to participate in labor unions. Catholic thinking does not buy the argument that freedom and happiness automatically accrue as individuals pursue their own interest. Catholicism finds that people experience true freedom through participation in the family and other mediating structures, including unions. The labor movement,…
An Interview With Kevin Burke of Rachel’s Vineyard KING of PRUSSIA, Pa. (zenit.org) — One man’s sharing gives other men permission to examine their own role in abortion and the impact it has had on their lives, said counselor Kevin Burke. Burke, the associate director of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries, and pastoral associate at Priests For…
Sgreccia Links Strong Families to Healthy Economies ROME (zenit.com) — Laws allowing de facto unions will hurt many people, and Catholics will “do everything possible” to prevent their passage, said the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Bishop Elio Sgreccia said this at the launch in Rome of Carlo Casini’s book “Unioni di fatto,…
By The Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted • How would you define a lay person? A lay person is any member of the faithful who has not received Holy Orders and does not belong to a religious state approved by the Church. Through Baptism, a lay person is incorporated into Christ and becomes integrated into…