economics
Christian leaders press lawmakers to extend child tax credit for poor families
By Jack Jenkins — May 25, 2022
(RNS) — The campaign supports a measure that had ‘remarkable success’ in lifting families out of poverty at the height of the pandemic.
Responding to COVID-19 is a marathon, not a sprint
By Thomas Reese — April 28, 2020
(RNS) — The COVID-19 pandemic is a wakeup call for political, economic and spiritual conversion. Returning to ‘normal’ is not an option.
Marco Rubio’s ‘common-good capitalism’ garners mixed reactions from Catholics
By Jack Jenkins — November 6, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'Rubio’s focus on work is promising but his policies largely ignore labor,' said Vincent Miller, a professor of religious studies at the University of Dayton.
Vatican denounces offshore tax havens as harming the poor
By Nicole Winfield — May 17, 2018
(AP) — The Vatican is denouncing offshore tax havens and financial instruments such as derivatives and credit default swaps as gravely immoral and unjust, calling them 'ticking time bombs' that hurt the world’s poor the most.
Is bitcoin permissible in Islam? Muslims disregard clerics’ warnings and invest
By Umar Farooq — March 8, 2018
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Religious rulings call bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies haram, or prohibited in Islam. But some people worry religious scholars do not have all the facts about how the currencies work, which might be closer to the Quranic conception of money than they realize.
Giving tax reform a bad name
By Thomas Reese — December 5, 2017
(RNS) — Once again, an opportunity for true tax reform has been missed. Rather than reform, Congress is moving the tax system in the wrong direction.
Pope Francis rips ‘bloodsucking’ bosses and prosperity theology
By David Gibson — May 19, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pontiff said employers who deny benefits and exploit workers "are living on the blood of the people. And this is a mortal sin."
Once Pope Francis knows US capitalism he will love it, says Catholic theologian-economist
By David Gibson — May 12, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) The Rev. Martin Schlag, an Austrian-born priest who teaches economics in Rome, reassured a group of Catholics, many from the world of business and finance, that Francis’ views on capitalism aren’t actually as bad as he feared.
6 things to expect in the pope’s address to Congress
By David Gibson — April 30, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Want to know what Pope Francis will say to Congress in September? A top adviser offers a preview.
TONY CAMPOLO: Why Christians should vote for Hillary
By Tony Campolo — April 13, 2015
The former spiritual advisor to President Bill Clinton says he supports Hillary even though he is pro-life. He lays out why he thinks other Christians should too.
Catholic and libertarian? Pope’s top adviser says they’re incompatible
By David Gibson — June 3, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Tuesday's daylong seminar showed how the moral implications of the debate over the role and size of government are playing out most vividly in the Catholic Church.
Study: Protestant work ethic isn’t just Protestant anymore
By Kimberly Winston — March 7, 2014
(RNS) Two economists found that the “measure of total Christian adherents is robustly and positively correlated with states’ unproductive entrepreneurship scores” in a given state.
ANALYSIS: Are free-market Catholics ignoring Pope Francis?
By David Gibson — December 18, 2013
(RNS) Vocal free-market advocates are gaining traction in the Catholic Church, even as Pope Francis repeatedly condemns a capitalist system that he says is hurting the poor and increasing the gap between the haves and have-nots.
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