Money

An Invitation to the Laity

I write to explain why I and my family will no longer be contributing to diocesan appeals for financial assistance. Continue Reading »

30 Jul 2018

Paying With Wearables

by Aaron Belz

Everyday innovations—even our smart watches—can pose dangers of disembodiment. Continue Reading »

4 Dec 2017

How To Live on $8.90 an Hour

by Russell E. Saltzman

My life as a restaurant host. Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2016

In the run-up to this fall’s Synod on the Family, we’ve been hearing a lot from the German bishops. They argue that church teaching and discipline must be informed by Lebenswirklichkeit, the reality of life. The Church should engage “the reality of human beings and of the world,” they say, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2015

Dump Hamilton

by Russell E. Saltzman

Quinn Hillyer at National Review is calling the anticipated change in the U.S. $10 note “outrageous and ignorant.” The change entails removal of Alexander Hamilton’s portrait for that of an as yet unnamed woman. It’s not the woman that arouses Hillyer’s unhappiness, but the removal of his . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2015

Susan B. Anthony for the New $10 Bill

by Dominic Bouck, O.P.

The Federal Reserve recently announced that the $10 dollar bill is getting a redesign: the founder of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, is going to be replaced by a woman.The lucky (though deceased) lady has not yet been determined, and the Treasury is asking the public for input. Therefore I would . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Jun 2015

Heavenly Treasure

by Gary A. Anderson

The Ransom of the Soul:  Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity  by peter brown  harvard, 288 pages, $24.95 In the opening pages of this book, Peter Brown declares that he will “compare two ages—the world of the early church in the late second and third centuries and the early . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2015

Worthy of Double Honor

by James R. Rogers

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2013, median clergy income was 14 percent lower than the overall median income in the U.S. This is all the more striking when one considers that most professional clergy received years of specialized religious and theological graduate training after receiving their undergraduate degrees. Indeed, median clergy earnings are 24 percent lower than median earnings of people who hold undergraduate degrees, and 36 percent less than individuals who hold masters’ degrees. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2014

Editorial: The State Casino: Doing Wrong to Do Good

by The Editors

Only a few years ago it seemed that religious and other civic leaders could be counted on for vigorous opposition to government promotion of gambling. No longer State after state has now succumbed to the temptation to pick up “easy money” by exploiting the weaknesses of its citizens, and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1991