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'We serve the people who are here,' bishops say

Cardinal Mahony's comments backing civil disobedience fan fire of a smoldering debate

Vatican council urges global financial reform

By OSV Staff. Document proposes tax on transactions, creation of global political authority

U.S. missionary honored as ‘Noble Friend of El Salvador’

By David Scott. Priest returns to the United States after two decades of advocating for poor. (Subscription required)

U.S. bishops’ anti-poverty organization comes under fire

This article has free access for all visitors. By Scott Alessi. Groups raise concern over funding prac-tices of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Trying to make sense of the pope's new encyclical

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The long-awaited encyclical on social justice was released this week by Pope Benedict XVI.

The Ten Commandments of Catholic Social Teaching

By Father william J. Byron, SJ.

The science and art of practical philanthropy

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. A charity head, a development director, and a social justice teacher weigh in on what makes people give

The faces of homelessness in the United States

Meet some of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who face life without permanent housing

The Catholic Worker: From its past to the present

By Stephanie Kornexl. Movement that emerged in response to the poverty of the Great Depression remains active voice today.

Stronger efforts needed to combat human trafficking, victims' advocates say

By Scott Alessi. With funding short and laws lacking, Catholic organizations work to aid victims

Shalom

By Richard Hart. Peace at what cost? The litmus test in working for shalom or peace is how we treat the vulnerable, the voiceless, the outcast, the oppressed. Peace and justice existed when the Israelites extended their help to the poor, the stranger, the widow and the orphan.

Russell Shaw: Heading off riots here

Churches must play role in ensuring the unrest that beset London doesn’t arise in the United States. (Subscription required)

Reader's Opinions

Reader's Opinions for February 2011. (Subscription required)

Pope’s guide to ‘exiting the illusion of self-sufficiency’

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Pope Benedict XVI's thought-provoking message to Catholics for the start of Lent

Parishioners, priest at odds in California parish

By Jim Graves. Some at historic church known for its social justice commitment are displeased with pastor’s changes. (Subscription required)

OSV letters to the editor

Letters to the editor about immigration, modesty, social justice and contraception. (Subscription required)

OSV Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about Friday abstinence, Father Frank Pavone, social justice, and prayer. (Subscription required)

Openers: What you soon may be hearing from a pulpit near you

By John Norton. You may soon be hearing about the Gospel necessity of reaching out to the poor and jobless in your community.

Openers: U.S. action in Libya — just, unjust or just too early to tell?

By John Norton. What's a Catholic to make of U.S. involvement in the multilateral military campaign in Libya?

Openers: How Catholics should be prepping to vote in 2012

By John Norton. Are we really entering into election season 2012 already?

November 16, St. Margaret of Scotland

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for November 16, 2009, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

Needed: A creative Catholic voice in budget debate

By Russell Shaw. In civic life, Catholics tend to divide into ‘social justice’ or ‘social issues.’ A proposal for change

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Recalling 'The Help'

This Southerner remembers how differently blacks were treated not so long ago, before civil rights. (Subscription required)

Migration from Mexico to U.S. reaches standstill

By Scott Alessi. Net immigration numbers level off, but ongoing challenges highlight need for reform that upholds human dignity and human rights. (Subscription required)

Love in Truth

By John M. Haas. New encyclical unequivocally links social justice to fundamental life issues.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor for November 16, 2008

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor for March 28, 2010

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about modesty, divorce, social justice and cohabitation. (Subscription required)

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor about home schooling, indulgences, saints, homosexuality and social justice. (Subscription required)

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about pro-life, social justice, death penalty and humor.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about gambling, evil, immigration, social justice, and discipleship.

Latino bishops write open letter to illegal immigrants

By Hispanic/Latino bishops. Pledge support for immigration law reform, lament general lack of lay Catholic sympathy for migrants

L.A. Archbishop: Catholics can lead way in immigration debate

By Archbishop José H. Gomez. Archbishop: We are called to see all people as brothers and sisters in Christ

In labor debate, Church leaders more muted than in past

By Brian Graga. Compared to past, bishops offer variety, nuance in statements on public-sector union dispute

In Focus: What Every Catholic Needs to Know about Church Social Teaching

By OSV Staff. Bringing the love of Jesus Christ to a broken world

Immigration reform makes brief blip in news cycle

By Brian Fraga. The U.S. president calls for reform during a stop at the Mexican border. But some see political theater

How the rising poverty rate is putting the squeeze on one community

By Brian Fraga. In Providence, R.I., Catholic charities, ministries struggle to keep up with families’ growing needs

How Catholic charities are weathering economic downturn

By Elizabeth A. Elliott. Greater needs across country put pinch on services, but donors are stepping up to fill in financial gaps

Groups fight for rights of agricultural laborers

By Laura Dodson. Many of those who work at farms face low wages, deplorable working conditions

God Lives: The realities of racism

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. ‘Blind Side’ reminds us prejudice continues, and that we are called to uproot intolerable social conditions

From the neighborhood to ends of the world

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. A vast array of programs offer Catholics opportunities to help locally or on the other side of the globe

Editorial: The Catholic case for being a do-gooder

Our challenge these days is to remember why we do good.

Editorial: Seeing no borders

‘We fly over most of the world, and you don’t see borders.’

Editorial: Population boom or bust?

‘Instead of asking questions like, “Are we too many?” we should instead be asking, “What can I do to make our world better?”’

Editorial: Morality of budget debates

‘The moral measure of this budget debate is ... how those who are jobless, hungry, homeless or poor are treated.’

Editorial: Catholic contributions

Consider the massive positive impact Catholic American educational, health and social ministries are making today in communities across the country.

Documentary exposes challenges of parish life

By Emily Stimpson. Tensions displayed at featured church are being played out throughout country

Catholics finding a reason for generosity

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. These five Catholics and couples from across the country explain how they give, what motivates them

Catholic mission aims to revive spirits of struggling Chicago neighborhood

By Michelle Martin. Religious community, food pantry and YMCA now occupy site of 1958 tragedy

Catholic groups provide legal aid to those in need

By Scott Alessi. Amid economic struggles, more individuals turning to church agencies for help in court

Carl E. Olson: A loving warning

We must listen to the Word of God, and — through our actions — truly live the new law Jesus gives us. (Subscription required)

Believers not as bad as liberals think

Our Takes

Author profiles Catholic priests who were 'apostles of labor'

By William Bole. For priests, advocating for workers’ rights was a way of giving witness to the mystical body of Christ.

‘Right to work’

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Any efforts to weaken force of collective bargaining fly in the face of the Church’s moral teachings

‘Retired’ priests not slowing down any time soon

In Focus article. This article has free access for all visitors. By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. They stay busy celebrating Mass, directing retreats and creating art long after leaving active ministry