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Published Date: June 30, 2009

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Contraception, abortion and death. Many people think the Catholic church is preoccupied with little else. (Christine Allen, The Guardian)

Yet beyond that sometimes self-inflicted stereotype there is hidden treasure - a centuries-old tradition of radical, progressive action and insight on matters of social justice.

I meet few people of faith or no faith - never mind Catholics - who are aware of the existence and extraordinary breadth of Catholic social teaching, delivered via papal letters or encyclicals. Without doubt it is Catholicism’s best-kept secret.

Full article @ The Guardian



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