The true meaning and purpose of wealth is to use it to lovingly serve others and promote human dignity, the Pope said Nov. 7 during his weekly general audience.

The homeownership gap between white and black families is as wide as it was in the 1960s, and the remaining barriers to integration include restrictive zoning and newly tightfisted banks.

Democratic socialism, this year’s political buzz phrase, follows the Catholic social teaching principle of people over profit. Its penchant for big solutions at the national level may not fit C.S.T. as neatly.

The good news from the U.S. Census Bureau Sept. 12 was that the poverty rate dropped for the third straight year in 2017 and median family incomes ticked up 1.8 percent to nearly $61,400.

The Miller Center at Santa Clara is just one institution in a broader network looking to make a positive social impact.

This economy is not working for human beings.