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The Common Good Forum

Benedict XVI v. Bain Capita

by Fred Rotondaro

February 22, 2012

The HHS Mandate: Cheese & Church Liberty

by Dr. Stephen Schneck, CACG Board Member, Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholics Studies at The Catholic University of America

February 15, 2012

No Party Has a Monopoly on Catholicism

by Caitlin Conroy, Catholic University Class of 2013


February 8, 2012

Confronting the Moral Implications of Climate Change

by Anne Roan Thomas, doctoral candidate, Catholic University of America

February 1, 2012

Love, Truth and Prayer: A Catholic Critique of American Political Life

By Christopher J. Hale, White House intern

January 25, 2012

Two Approaches to Catholicism, One Good Policy for the Poor

by Anthony Stasi, Ph.D candidate at Catholic University of America

January 18, 2012

Dr. King & Catholic Social Teaching
by Robert Christian, graduate fellow at Catholic University of America’s Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies

The Year Ahead at Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good

January 4, 2012

“Forever I Will Sing the Goodness of the Lord”

by William J. Byron, S.J., professor-in-residence at St. Joseph’s University

December 22, 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Speech at the United Nations Human Rights Conference in Geneva

December 14, 2011

Bringing a Historical Perspective to President Obama's Speech

by Ben Palumbo, CACG Board Member 
December 8, 2011

Remembering Jeno

introduction by Fred Rotondaro, Chairman of the Board, CACG

November 30, 2011

Thoughts on Thanksgiving

by Father Anthony J. Pogorelc, professor of sociology at the Catholic University of America

November 23, 2011

The Letter from Baltimore

by Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter

November 16, 2011

Catholics in America: The 2011 Survey

by William V. D'Antonio, fellow at the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America

November 9, 2011
Occupy Wall Street, False Idols and Building a Moral Economy
by John Gehring, Faith in Public Life
November 2, 2011
The Vatican’s Breathtakingly Good Statement on Economics
by Professor Steve Schneck, CACG Board Member
October 25, 2011

Health Care: One Patient, One Service at a Time

by Frank Furey, health care consultant
October 19, 2011
The Ugly Specter of Religious Bigotry
by Michael Sean Winters, of the National Catholic Reporter
October 12, 2011
The Health Care Crisis & How To Fix It
by Frank Furey, health care consultant
October 5, 2011
Suffer the Little Children
by Morna Murray, former CACG Executive Director
September 28, 2011
The Poor You Shall Always Have With You
by Bill Press, our friend, radio host and syndicated columnist Bill Press
September 21, 2011

Joining the Debate

by Fred Rotondaro, Chairman, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
September 14, 2011

Why a Policy of Torture is Always and Unequivocally Wrong

by Father Thomas R. von Behren, CSV, Provincial of the Clerics of St. Viator
September 7, 2011
Human Costs and Moral Challenges of a Broken Economy

Bishop Stephen E. Blaire

Bishop of Stockton

Chairman, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Statement for Labor Day: September 5, 2011

Published August, 31, 2011

No, Really.  Are They Serious?
By Ernest Zampelli, Economics Professor, Catholic University of America
and
Ideology Rigidity is a Recipe for Disaster
By Fred Rotondaro, Chairman, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
August 24, 2011

We Are All Called to Preach With a New Fire
By Rev. Tim Ahrens, Senior Minister at the First Congregational Church in Columbus, Ohio

August 10, 2011

De-Bunking Conservative Myths
By Ben Palumbo
August 3, 2011
Let’s Get Shonda and Bob Back to Work
By Paul Sherry, Coordinator of Faith Advocates for Jobs and Director of the Washington Office of Interfaith Worker Justice
and
Talking About Taxes
By Fred Rotondaro, Chairman Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
July 27, 2011
Mind the Gap!
By Page May, Emerson Hunger Fellow, NETWORK Education Program

and
An Economic Recovery Abandoned
By Ernest Zampelli, Professor of Economics, Catholic University of America
July 20, 2011

The Gospel of Ayn Rand: What's informing budget policy

July 13, 2011

By John Gehring, Faith in Public Life


Freedom & Its Counterfeit
July 6, 2011
By Michael Sean Winters

Bad Choices Make Bad Policy

(June 29, 2011)
by Heather Boushey, senior economist, Center for American Progress
The Common Good in American History
(July 22, 2011)
by Fred Rotondaro, Chair, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
A Moral Crossroads:
What’s Really at Stake in the Budget Debate

(June 15, 2011)
by Katie Wright, Special Assistant to the Half in Ten Campaign at the Center for American Progress Action Fund
and

The Conscience of Statesmen

by Ben Palumbo, former Staff Director of the U.S. House Democratic Caucus

Prudential Judgment and the Path to Prosperity

(June 8, 2011)

By Professor Charles Clark, St. John’s University

In Memoriam Joe Feuerherd
(June 2, 2011)
by Professor Stephen Schneck, Director of Catholic University's Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies
The Question of the Ryan Budget and Christian Values
(May 25, 2011)
by Scott Lilly, Senior Fellow at the Center of American Progress, former staff director of the House Appropriations Committee, and past executive director of the Joint Economic Committee.

No More Lies

(May 19, 2011)

by Fred Rotondaro, Chairman of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good


The Future of Aging in America is Now

((May 11, 2011)

by Bob Blancato, president of Matz, Blancato & Associates, Inc and Executive Director of the 1995 White House Conference on Aging

Renewing the Historic Partnership Between Labor and the Catholic Church in an Anti-worker Era

(May 4, 2011)

President emeritus of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney's keynote address at the Conference on the 120th Anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's seminal encyclical Rerum Novarum.


Pope Benedict XVI's Homily at the Easter Vigil

April 27, 2011

Organized Labor At the Heart of Catholic Social Teaching

(April 20, 2011)
By Michael Sean Winters

Rerum Novarum's 120th Anniversary and the Vital Commitment of the Church to Workers

(April 13, 2011)
by Professor Stephen Schneck, Director of Catholic University's Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies

The Granite State's Mushy Moral Compass

(April 7, 2011)
by James Salt, political director of Catholics United

Women and Moral Policy Decisions

(March 30, 2011)

by Fred Rotondaro, Chairman of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress

The Universal Church as Defender of the Rights of Migrants
(March 23, 2011)

by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

American Exceptionalism: 
The Common Good vs. The Tea Party

(March 9, 2011)
by Fred Rotondaro, Chairman of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good; Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
The Koch Brothers Latest Acquisition:  Wisconsin
(March 2, 2011)
by nationally syndicated radio host Bill Press


Conscience is Protected

(February 22, 2011)

by Professor Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at Catholic University and board member, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good

Conservatives or Reactionaries?

(February 16, 2011)
by Ben Palumbo, former staff director of the Democratic House Caucus

Fighting Poverty in the 112th Congress

(February 9, 2011)
By Melissa Boteach and Katie Wright, Half in Ten Program, Center for American Progress


Confronting AIDS in Africa

(February 2, 2011)

by Mary K. Grabowski, doctoral candidate at John Hopkins University School of Public Health

Towards Re-Establishing Support for the ACA

(January 26, 2011)

by Virgnina Brennan, editor of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved and a faculty member at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Progress We Need from the 112th Congress

(January 19, 2011)

by Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund

The Tragedy in Tucson

(January 12, 2011)

by Fred Rotondaro, Chairman of the Board, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good

An Education in Ethics
(January 5, 2011)
By Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, President of Rosemont College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania


No Apologies for Heeding God's Call of Social Justice

(December 15, 2010)

By Eric LeCompte,  Executive Director of Jubilee USA Network

and

Gender Equality

(Decemer 15, 2010)

By Susan Furey, Adjunct Professor at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia and Cabrini College in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Civility

(December 8, 2010)
by Thomas Patrick Melady, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and President Emeritus of Sacred Heart University

Employment for the Common Good

(December 1, 2010)

by Jeno Paolucci, philanthropist and entrepreneur

CGF on Poverty

(November 17, 2010)

Excerpts from Reid Cramer, Robert Blancato and Melissa Boteach

International Solidarity and Human Rights

(November 10, 2010)

by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi 

A Middling Perspective: Catholic Election Losses?
(November 3, 2010)

by Steve Schneck, CACG Editorial Committee and CACG Board Member

Meeting the Needs of People in Poverty? 

(October 27, 2010)
by Simone Campbell, SSS, Executive Director of NETWORK

Understanding the Common Good

(October 12, 2010)

by Father William J. Byron, professor of business and society at St. Joseph"s University in Philadelphia; past president of the Catholic University of America and an internationally acclaimed expert on social justice issues.