Over at America, Michael O’Loughlin has an interesting post on Paul Ryan’s home bishop – Bishop Robert Morlino, of Madison – coming out and saying that bishops should not comment one way or the other on the Ryan budget. Bishop...
Read MoreThere has been a lot of discussion this week about the morality of the Ryan Budget. Since Paul Ryan’s statement on subsidiarity, the media and blogs have been full of posts either supporting or correcting Paul...
Read MoreOver at NCR, Michael Sean Winters has posted an open letter to Speaker Boehner from a number of prominent Catholic scholars (from a wide range of academic disciplines). A brief excerpt from the letter reads: Mr. Speaker, we urge...
Read MoreAs I have stated on this website and elsewhere, Catholic social teaching advocates unequivocally the needs of the poor and vulnerable take priority over the wants of the rich. I have also argued that the budget is not only a...
Read MoreWhat would Jesus Cut? Arguing that the budget is a moral document, Rev Jim Wallis and Sojourners magazine has embarked on an admirable and controversial campaign to protect our social safety net. Wallis and his colleagues just...
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