“Pope Francis has been quite vocal about his love for
labor unions, and the Roman Catholic Church has a history of supporting
workers’ right to organize, so it is perhaps no surprise that the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops filed a friend-of-the-court brief in favor of
the union in the hotly debated Janus v. American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees, Council 31, case over mandatory union “agency fees”
now before the Supreme Court. But many Catholics oppose the decision to get
involved in the case, and the pope and those in the church supporting AFSCME in
the case should reconsider their position if they truly value the welfare of
all workers.” Pope Francis and the Caring Society is a concise primer
on economics, free-market principles and Roman Catholic obligations to nurture
the poor and planet Earth. Editor Robert M. Whaples is
available for interviews. [more...]
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