Economics

The Unintended Consequences of the Welfare State on the Human Spirit

05/11/2018 at 8:34 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Walter E. Williams / May 09, 2018 Before the massive growth of our welfare state, private charity was the sole option for an individual or family facing insurmountable financial difficulties or other challenges. How do we know that? There is no history of Americans dying on the streets... read more

Honoring Evil

05/07/2018 at 3:31 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Mike Fahy, May 4, 2018 The noise you will hear on Saturday will be your godless Democrat neighbors celebrating the 200th birthday of Karl Marx (born 5/5/1818 in Trier, Prussia; died 3/14/1883 in London, England). Social Justice workers of the world will be on the march to open America's... read more

How the Vatican’s old guard clings to power

03/20/2018 at 10:05 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
by Christopher Altieri, 15 Mar 2018 The Vatican bank is located in the Bastion of Nicholas V in the Vatican (CNS) There's a significant turnover of lay staff, but career clerics stay in position A trial of two former Vatican bank officials is looming, and with it, a question: is the... read more

Enough with the gender pay gap

02/19/2018 at 3:07 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Let’s talk about women and their choices. By Veronika Winkels | Feb 19 2018 | It’s perhaps the biggest chip on feminists’ shoulders: the gender pay gap. Just watch Cathy Newman’s interview with Canadian professor Jordan Peterson. She obstinately refuses to hear any explanation of the... read more

Climate-Change Policies Can Be Punishing for the Poor

01/06/2018 at 4:59 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
America should learn from Europe’s failure to protect the needy while reducing carbon emissions. By Bjorn Lomborg, January 5, 2018 Freezing temperatures in the U.S. Northeast have pushed up heating costs, creating serious stress for many Americans. Although the rich world’s energy poor... read more

The Importance of Good News

12/29/2017 at 10:08 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Headlines You’re not Hearing by: Eric Metaxas & G. Shane Morris, Breakpoint.org, December 29, 2017 Editor’s note: All this week we have been re-presenting a few of the top BreakPoint commentaries for 2017. From all the staff at the Colson Center, thank you for listening to or reading... read more

Top Papal Adviser & Critic of Wealthy Embroiled in Allegations of Financial Misconduct

12/21/2017 at 9:42 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Steve Skojec, December 21, 2017 A top papal adviser known for his tirades against capitalism and the wealthy is under investigation by the Vatican after reports that he has been receiving over $40,000 US per month from the Catholic University of Tegucigalpa and had allegedly invested amounts... read more

IOR, Mattietti writes to the Board: I don’t know why they fired me

12/15/2017 at 9:43 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
IOR, Mattietti writes to the Board: I don't know why they fired me The deputy director of the Vatican bank, who was dismissed on 27 November, wrote to his former superiors asking for reasons. He says that his reputation has been ruined by newspaper speculation and claims he has not received any... read more

Former Vatican auditor accused of spying says ‘shady games’ going on in Rome

09/29/2017 at 4:31 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Lisa Bourne, VATICAN CITY, Italy, September 28, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) - A new chapter unfolded in the Vatican’s ongoing financial scandals this past weekend after years of transparency and accountability issues have plagued the Holy See, including the recent suspiciously-timed exit of Pope... read more

An Unworthy Pope

09/22/2017 at 10:53 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Contributor Paul A. Rahe, September 15, 2017 When Catholic prelates and popes make idiots of themselves or engage in misconduct, Catholics are inclined to respond to Protestants who are scandalized by saying that the presence of fools and scoundrels in high ecclesiastical offices only goes to... read more

Billionaire Musk’s surprising tweet: World headed toward collapse without more children

08/01/2017 at 4:52 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Lisa Bourne LOS ANGELES, California, July 31, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – When billionaire Elon Musk tweeted about population growth earlier this month, some of his more than 10 million Twitter followers assumed he was lamenting “overpopulation.” The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder has funded... read more

French President Macron and African Babies: The Population Myth

07/25/2017 at 11:28 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Nearly half of those pondering religious life in the US have to pay off student debt first

07/14/2017 at 9:57 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Pope Francis taps Notre Dame Investment Guru for Vatican Bank

05/01/2017 at 4:53 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Changing Population Age Structures And Sustainable Development

04/05/2017 at 5:44 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Hope for the Homeless

03/28/2017 at 3:33 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Paul VI and the Unexpected Lessons of Populorum Progressio

03/05/2017 at 5:26 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Radical Catholic Movements Gather in Modesto, California: “We Must Disrupt!”

03/05/2017 at 5:18 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Catholic University Remembers Michael Novak as Influential Thinker, Prolific Writer, and Beloved Mentor

02/17/2017 at 9:44 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Manzoni’s The Betrothed and Pope Francis’ Economics

01/12/2017 at 3:36 PM By Mary Anne Hackett