This morning, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case of a former mailman who sued the U.S. Postal Service over being forced to work on Sundays. Consistent with its general approach in recent years, Kenneth Craycraft writes for Our
Your income bracket might be an indicator of whether or not you go to Mass. In his latest column, Father Patrick Briscoe writes about a recent analysis that demonstrates that the less education a person has, the more likely he or she
Before the end of its term this summer, the Supreme Court will decide a case that could answer the question of whether employers can force their workers to labor on the Sabbath. Russell Shaw examines the case of Gerald Groff, an evangelical
Columnist David Mills explores a topic that most of us are all too familiar with: We live in an unfair world, where it seems those who work hard and try to do good are punished, while those who live and work unvirtuously
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider a case April 18 that could have broad implications for employees seeking religious accommodations from their employers.
The high court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Groff v. DeJoy, a case concerning Gerald Groff,
Colleen Pressprich reminds us of the words of Pope Saint John Paul II who said: “Human persons are willed by God; they are imprinted with God’s image. Their dignity does not come from the work they do, but from the persons they
The best way to ensure that economic growth benefits everyone is to create jobs, especially for those who struggle most, Pope Francis said.
"Poverty is not fought with welfarism, no, in this way we 'anesthetize' it, but we do not fight it," the
There has been much talk lately of a recent phenomenon among Gen Z workers known as “quiet quitting” — a strategy employed by workers who are making intentional decisions to extend no more effort, or do no more work, than the minimum
Poverty and inequality, which are major factors in child labor exploitation, must be addressed, Pope Francis said in a written message.
"Sadly, too many small hands are busy plowing fields, working in mines, traveling great distances to draw water and doing work that
In the third installment of “An Unfailing Treasure,” writer David Werning’s series on the most important Church documents of the past 150 years, he explores the context and call of Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum. Werning writes: “Pope Leo XIII