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US Catholic Bishops on Labor Day: Honor ‘Human Dignity of All Who Labor’
The bishops pointed to the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard in Matthew 20:1-16.
The bishops pointed to the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard in Matthew 20:1-16.
Our work forms us. It strengthens our character and cultivates our integrity. It deepens our love and gratitude for all that we receive from the grace of God.
For Labor Day, Father Oubre encouraged parishes, dioceses, and other institutions to make sure to adopt policies that put Catholic labor teaching into practice.
The U.S. bishops have urged the passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and ‘social policies in ways that are pro-woman, pro-family, pro-worker and, thus, authentically pro-life.’
COMMENTARY: If we want to support workers, we should do what Jesus and his Church would do, not what Karl Marx and socialists would do.
COMMENTARY: The lack of entry-level jobs with reasonable wages is an injustice toward today’s young adults and a source of future crisis.
The Appaloosa music festival returns full-force to Front Royal, Virginia, on Sept. 3-4.
Florida Bishop Frank Dewane called on Catholics to turn to ‘the treasury of the Church’s social teaching’ to consider new ways to promote justice for workers.
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