by John Freund, CM | Sep 12, 2014 | Vincentian Family
“My humanity is bound up in yours.” So writes Meghan Clark in an article that addresses the stark contrast between Catholicism and libertarianism and speaks to the underpinnings of so much of the Vincentian Family’s concern for those who are...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 8, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Pope
Pope Francis has, in the short time since his election, has amassed so much teaching on a single subject: economic inequality. Bishop McElroy of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops  presents five essential...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 22, 2013 | Justice and Peace
WASHINGTON—The growing disparity in the income of U.S. workers is the focus of the 2013 Labor Day Statement of Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, California, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the U.S. Conference of Catholic...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
To End Extreme Poverty, Let’s Try Ending Extreme Wealth The world’s wealthy gathered in the Alps recently to discuss how to ‘solve’ the world’s problems. The world’s biggest problem, suggests one top global anti-poverty outfit, may be their fortunes.  Sam...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 26, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A startling headline that seems to invite disbelief as well as oversimplification. “The $240 billion net income in 2012 of the richest 100 billionaires would be enough to make extreme poverty history four times over, according a  report ‘The cost of inequality:...
