scholarly journals Catholic Social Teaching, the Right to Immigrate, and the Right to Regulate Borders: A Proposed Solution for Comprehensive Immigration Reform Based Upon Catholic Social Principles

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad G. Marzen ◽  
William Woodyard
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
The Right ◽  
Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Theology as Work: The Mandatum and the Rights of Labor

Horizons ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
Patrick T. McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church ◽  
Safe Working

ABSTRACTMany oppose the mandatum as a threat to the academic freedom of Catholic scholars and the autonomy and credibility of Catholic universities. But the imposition of this juridical bond on working theologians is also in tension with Catholic Social Teaching on the rights and dignity of labor. Work is the labor necessary to earn our daily bread. But it is also the vocation by which we realize ourselves as persons and the profession through which we contribute to the common good. Thus, along with the right to a just wage and safe working conditions, Catholic Social Teaching defends workers' rights to a full partnership in the enterprise, and calls upon the church to be a model of participation and cooperation. The imposition of the mandatum fails to live up to this standard and threatens the jobs and vocations of theologians while undermining this profession's contribution to the church.

Human Dignity and The Dignity of Work: Insights from Catholic Social Teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejo José G. Sison ◽  
Ignacio Ferrero ◽  
Gregorio Guitián
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Imago Dei ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
The Right ◽  
Normative Perspective

ABSTRACT:What contributions could we expect from Catholic Social Teaching (CST) on human dignity in relation to the dignity of work? This article begins with an explanation of CST and its relevance for secular audiences. It then proceeds to identify the main features of human dignity based on the notion of imago Dei in CST. Next comes an analysis of the dignity of work in CST from which two normative principles are derived: the precedence of duties over rights and the priority of the subjective dimension of work over the objective dimension. Afterwards, the “right to work” and the “rights of workers” are engaged with from this normative perspective, particularly within the context of globalization.

Labor Unions, Adjuncts, and the Mission and Identity of Catholic Universities

Horizons ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald J. Beyer
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Labor Unions ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Religious Liberty ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
National Labor Relations Act ◽  
Catholic Universities ◽  
The Right

Catholic social teaching (CST) has long endorsed the right of all workers to unionize. However, many US Catholics exhibit an antiunion bias. In addition, Catholic institutions have engaged in union busting, thereby flouting CST. Focusing on the recent efforts of adjuncts to unionize at Catholic universities, this article argues that union busting jeopardizes the faith and conscience formation of students and undermines the evangelizing mission of Catholic universities. The article debunks the appeal to religious liberty by Catholic institutions to circumvent the National Labor Relations Board's injunctions to allow adjuncts to unionize. It also refutes the argument that the National Labor Relations Act imposes a style of collective bargaining contrary to the harmonious vision of labor relations in CST. Succinctly stated, the article contends there is no legitimate reason for Catholic universities to thwart the unionization efforts of adjuncts, particularly given the systematically unjust work conditions many of them face.

scholarly journals Wages, Work, and the Catholic Social Teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hunnes
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Equal Pay ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Classical Economics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Level ◽  
The Right ◽  
Level Of Effort

The Catholic Social Teaching is a rich and relevant source for studying contemporary problems in society. In this paper, I investigate the question about equal pay in light of the social teaching. During the last decade, there has been an increasing interest in equal pay and related concepts like universal basic income. By equal pay we mean that everyone in society receives the same remuneration regardless of the type of work, level of effort, or unemployed or not. From an economic point of view, there are large negative incentive effects with such an arrangement. The reason is that the principle of ‘equal pay for all’ breaks the relationship between the workers’ effort and the payment associated with the effort. Furthermore, neo-classical economics would argue that there is no incentive to work if there is no financial payoff compared to not working. Also from a Catholic social teaching viewpoint, there is no support for an ‘equal pay for all’ arrangement. However, the social teaching sheds important light on the meaning of work and the right to a living wage.

Globalization and Benedict XVI’s Caritas in Veritate

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Shadle
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Catholic Social Thought ◽  
Caritas In Veritate ◽  
The World ◽  
The Trinity

In recent years the economy has become globalized. Globalization is the increased flow of goods, services, capital, people, and culture facilitated by innovations in transportation and communication technologies. This chapter examines the phenomenon of globalization and its impact on Catholic social teaching. It looks, in particular, at Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate. Pope Benedict criticizes how the current global economy exploits and excludes vulnerable populations around the world. Caritas in Veritate further develops the communio framework initiated by John Paul II and proposes that the communion of the three Persons of the Trinity provides a model for the shape globalization should take, recognizing unity in the midst of diversity. The chapter also looks at how Catholic social thought itself is globalizing, examining in particular the work of Mary Mee-Yin Yuen from Hong Kong and Stan Chu Ilo from Nigeria.

scholarly journals Catholic Social Teaching and the Firm

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Moore ◽  
Ron Beadle ◽  
Anna Rowlands ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Social Teaching
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