Today the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg launched the “Your Freedom” website which hopes to get input from the public on which laws inhibit our civil rights or hamper everyday life or business activity and could …

Catholic Social Teaching
A one day Conference for Theology Students and Lecturers and those actively involved in the Church’s Social Apostolate.
‘Facing the Future’
Including the launch of “Virtual Plater” an on-line CST Resource.
Date:        Saturday 17th July 2010
Venue:     …

Bishop Patrick Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) has marked the 96th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday, 17th January 2010, by insisting that
‘A human being’s worth is defined and determined by their God given …

They shall not grow old – As we grow old
The Somme 1916; millions of young men killed in what was supposed to be the war to end all wars. When Laurence Binyon penned those words …

In a climate of mutual trust, the market is the economic institution that permits encounter between persons, inasmuch as they are economic subjects who make use of contracts to regulate their relations as they exchange …

The challenge of development today is closely linked to technological progress, with its astounding applications in the field of biology. Technology — it is worth emphasizing — is a profoundly human reality, linked to the …

A fresh reading of Populorum Progressio, more than forty years after its publication, invites us to remain faithful to its message of charity and truth, viewed within the overall context of Paul VI’s specific magisterium …

“The reality of human solidarity, which is a benefit for us, also imposes a duty.” Many people today would claim that they owe nothing to anyone, except to themselves. They are concerned only with their …

One of the most striking aspects of development in the present day is the important question of respect for life, which cannot in any way be detached from questions concerning the development of peoples. It …

“Caritas in veritate” is the principle around which the Church’s social doctrine turns, a principle that takes on practical form in the criteria that govern moral action. I would like to consider two of these …