Catholic social teaching has articulated a simple but very important moral principal: The economy should exist for the good of human persons, not the other way around.

Unfortunately, we too often get the impression that people exist for the sake of the economy. Especially in recent years, it seems like our lives are so influenced by factors outside our control that we have become the puppets of banks, governments and corporations whose fiscal policies are made in a vacuum. Global...

As we prepare for the important local, state and national elections that will be held later this year, we bishops of the United States have focused our attention on several current and fundamental problems that must be addressed by all of us as we form our consciences and vote as faithful citizens. Some of these problems involve opposition to intrinsic evils such as abortion and other threats to the lives and dignity of human beings. Other challenges, like our current economic crisis, raise...

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy rejected calls for secular values to be enshrined into his country's constitution and urged religious leaders to do more to spread their message in the country.

"A secular society is one which has decided to separate churches from the state, so the state doesn't have to account for its choices to churches, and churches don't depend on the state to live and organize — this is secularity, a secular republic," he told religious leaders at a...

Q: What can I say to my young relatives to encourage them to send their children to Catholic schools? 

Start by asking this question, "Is God part of my daily life or is He only allowed in my life on special occasions and on Sundays?"

Catholic schools, by their very nature, allow God and His message to be integrated into every aspect of the educational experience. There are times where this is more clearly seen, such as during religion class, during times of...