In one of the great ironies of history, the term “social justice” was coined (in the 19th century) by a conservative Italian priest, in opposition to attempts to unite his country under a centralized (and therefore despotic) “liberal” regime. Luigi Taparelli D’Azeglio, S. J. (1793-1862) laid the foundations for neo-Thomism, and for modern Catholic SocialContinue reading “Countering Social Injustice”
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Subsidiarity in Action
Subsidi-what? You may be asking? Subsidiarity is a term originating in Catholic Social Doctrine (which is indeed a real thing, underneath layers of oft-peddled rip-offs). Simply stated, the principle of subsidiarity proclaims that “one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what [the former] can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry”;Continue reading “Subsidiarity in Action”
"His Tongue shall Speak Judgment" 