capitalism
Wokeness might set you free. No one said it would make you happy.
By Andre Henry — March 27, 2024
(RNS) — Those who work for social justice aren’t unhappy by nature. They are affected by the problems they’re trying to fix.
The lesson of Silicon Bank: Regulations protect good businesses as well as consumers
By Thomas Reese — March 20, 2023
(RNS) — Libertarian capitalists are hypocrites. They hate government regulations, but when they are in trouble, they expect the government to bail them out.
In hometown of St. Francis of Assisi, pope touts ‘radical criticism’ of capitalism
By Claire Giangravé — September 26, 2022
(RNS) — The pope gathered with under-35 adults at the Economy of Francesco meeting to promote a new vision for the 'mainstream economy.'
Why should there be a surcharge for having a Hindu wedding?
By Dheepa Sundaram — November 17, 2021
(RNS) — The wedding industry, like any market, determines how much the privilege of access will cost.
White Christian nationalism found fertile soil in post-9/11 America
By Robert P. Jones — September 22, 2021
(RNS) — Since the Bush era, the attitudes of Republicans, including white evangelicals who comprise the party’s base, have increasingly aligned with a worldview rooted in centuries of white supremacist theology.
If a Dr. Seuss book offends us, why not pluck it out?
By Tara Isabella Burton — April 8, 2021
(RNS) — 'Canceling' problematic media properties provides us with a way to talk about the complicated nature of desire.
How millennials make meaning from shopping, decorating and self-pampering
By Tara Isabella Burton — June 23, 2020
(RNS) — We are experiencing a dot-com bubble for spirituality, a free marketplace of innovation and religious disruption.
Remembering the Christianity of Jesus, not empire
By Amy Butler — June 4, 2020
(RNS) — If Jesus were here today he’d be wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt while he held a sign and marched at a protest.
Quarantine cooking gone hipster is a sign of hope
By Tara Isabella Burton — May 6, 2020
(RNS) — It’s understandable to respond to the pandemic by discovering a connection to real food and getting in touch with nature. It might even put us back in touch with the humanity of others.
Pope Francis ranks third among Fortune’s ‘greatest leaders’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 23, 2017
(RNS) The magazine cited Francis’ work to balance the modern and traditional aspects of the Roman Catholic Church, and his push for a more inclusive church.
Harvey Cox seconds Pope Francis on capitalist critique
By Josephine McKenna — October 27, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In another step forward for Catholic-Protestant reconciliation, Pope Francis and one of America's leading Protestant theologians agree on a major heresy: the worship of the free market.
Let’s not sacrifice Catholic teachings on the altar of capitalism (COMMENTARY)
By Charles C. Camosy — March 29, 2016
(RNS) Catholic leaders should at least have enough confidence to use our tradition as the basis for thinking about our how to reform our institutions.
‘Pope of the Poor’ Francis apologizes for overlooking middle class woes
By Reuters — July 13, 2015
Looking ahead to his U.S. trip, the pontiff acknowledged overlooking the problems of the middle class and said he was willing to have a dialogue with Americans who disagree with his criticism of capitalism.
Pope Francis’ South America tour slammed the ‘idolatry of money’
By Reuters — July 13, 2015
ASUNCION (Reuters) He appealed to world leaders to seek a new economic model to help the destitute, and to shun policies that "sacrifice human lives on the altar of money and profit."
Once Pope Francis knows US capitalism he will love it, says Catholic theologian-economist
By David Gibson — May 12, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) The Rev. Martin Schlag, an Austrian-born priest who teaches economics in Rome, reassured a group of Catholics, many from the world of business and finance, that Francis’ views on capitalism aren’t actually as bad as he feared.
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