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"The Catholic Labor Network congratulates the hotel workers of Local 11 on their hard-fought wins in their Los Angeles strike," said Clayton Sinyai.

Catholic ethicists, whether defenders of just-war doctrine or pacifists, agree that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not morally justified, according to the report.

(RNS) — Catholic moral theologians uniformly condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine but debate the proper response.

I spent the past year writing about the economy through the lens of Catholic social teaching. Here’s what I learned.

Considered a foundational text of modern Catholic social teaching, Rerum Novarum recognized the rights of workers to be paid a living wage and to organize — almost 50 years before the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act in the United States. The encyclical's anniversary is May 15. Speakers at the May 12 event, hosted by the Catholic Labor Network hosted, highlighted the continued relevance of Rerum Novarum by recounting their experiences in labor organizing and critiquing efforts to quell it. Union busting is "endemic to neoliberal global capitali...