Social Justice

Is Social Justice Marxism?

Q: I am a big supporter of Glenn Beck and all the work he is doing to save the country. On one of his programs, he was discussing social justice, which is Marxism, and how the government is trying to absorb the churches to run them as everything else—as the Communists do. He said there is a part of our Church that is tied into Marxism. What is it and how can we stop it?

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Be in the Margins

This is my prayer for our nation, that each of us goes a little further to the margins, peripheries, and abandoned places in our communities to touch the poor there.
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Little Ways of Love

May we model love in our own little ways! 
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Be a Voice for the Voiceless

This week, who can you speak out for? How can you use your voice to defend the poor and needy? 
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Catholic Extension Society: Stacking Stones on the Margins

Catholic Extension Society seeks to erect more than 600 churches and schools in storm-torn Puerto Rico.
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An inmate puts away the items used on the altar following Mass at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility in Kansas. (OSV News photo/Karen Bonar, The Register)

Coalition aims to have prison ministry in all US dioceses, get more laity involved

Those who accompany the incarcerated have said there is a lot to do in ministering to a population that has committed crimes and had to live with the consequences of those actions.
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‘Speak Out for Those Who Cannot Speak’ 

This verse in Proverbs reveals God’s call to advocate for those who suffer injustice. Scripture provides a distinct call: We should advocate for those who are ignored and overlooked in our society.
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