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FaithNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"The entire social pact is built around work. This is the core of the problem. Because when you do not work, or you work badly, you work little or you work too much, it is democracy that enters into crisis, and the entire social pact."
Claudio Montes checks a shipping manifest for U.S. manufactured parts heading to assembly plants in Mexico at Freight Dispatch Service Agency LTD in Pharr, Texas in June 2017. The freight service ships parts between the U.S. and Mexico that pass through the border freely due to the North American Free Trade Agreement. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Nafta has been the world’s most valuable trade deal, and its consequences are more deeply felt in Mexico than in the United States or Canada.
President Paul Kagame is sworn in for another term at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda, on Aug.18. (AP Photo Eric Murinzi)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
Two elections this month in eastern and central Africa—in Kenya and Rwanda—have brought out tensions and contradictions in the continent’s democratic process.
Workers at an embroidery factory (iStock/andresr)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
Worker productivity has been going up, but wages are not keeping up.
Arts & CultureBooks
William J. Byron
Where elite secular schools fall short of setting the tone needed to humanize the world of business, Catholic schools can deliver.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
According to a new report, a large gap exists between the median salaries of administrative positions and pastoral positions.