Digest177
The Option for the Poor and Christian Theology
Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P., professor emertus of theology at the University of Notre Dame, is well known as the one of the foundational thinkers of liberation theology. In this...
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Challenges to Poverty Eradication in the 21st Century: Insights from Catholic Social Thought
Professor Charles Clark was a keynote speaker at the 2019 Catholic Social Tradition conference, sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame. The...
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From “Option for the Poor” to Option by the Poor: Flint’s Water and the Problem of Political Will
This talk was given at the Catholic Social Tradition Conference in 2019.
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Reawakening the American Heart
The Center for Social Concerns’ 2018–19 annual theme was “Moving Margins: Living the Option for the Poor,” which examined how God calls us to give priority to the most...
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Five Years of Pope Francis’ Papacy: Panel Discussion on Geopolitical, Ecumenical, and Cultural Perspectives
At the end of Pope Francis’ first five years in the papacy, this panel evaluates how he is calling the Church to encounter a deeper human experience by valuing diversity through...
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The Challenge of Peace Pursued Through Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Scott Alexander, Ph.D. and Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini engage the 2017–18 Center for Social Concerns annual theme, Living the Challenge of Peace, by discussing how peace and justice...
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Today’s Struggle for Racial and Economic Justice
Fred Redmond, international vice president of United Steelworkers (USW), delivers the 36th McBride Lecture, a biennial event sponsored by the Higgins Labor Program and Center for...
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Catholic Relief Services Agency Panel
Kim Lamberty, director of university and mission engagement for Catholic Relief Services, leads this panel discussion which addresses the intersection between integral human...
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Integral Human Development: From Paternalism to Accompaniment
To what extent can ordinary people, and especially underserved and marginalized people, hope to determine the direction of their own lives and the shape of their own communities?...
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The Populorum Progressio Roots of Present Day Catholic Social Teaching: Pope Paul VI
Populorum Progressio is widely regarded as the magna carta of development, providing the basis for many of the Catholic Church’s policies on integral human development. Stefano...
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Seeing Through a New Lens: Pope Francis’ Quest on Behalf of Peace, Justice, and Our Common Home
Pope Francis’ teachings and actions with regard to the poor, justice, and the environment have had a polarizing effect among Catholics and some non-Catholics. Robert McElroy,...
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Catholic Health Care’s Role in Integral Human Development
What role can Catholic health care play in the moral development of the United States? Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, RN, MS, claims it has the ability and obligation to go beyond...
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