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In this episode of “The Social Doctrine of the Church,” Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi interview Diego Passadore on Catholic Social Doctrine from a Latin American perspective. Questions they address include: 1. How did Vatican II develop Catholic social doctrine? Was there some kind of pact made by some bishops at the council? 2) What […]

In this episode of The Social Doctrine of the Church, Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi interview Msgr. Piotr Mazurkiewicz on Catholic Doctrine, Solidarity, and the International Community (October 31, 2025). Questions tackled in this episode include: According to Catholic social doctrine, what is meant by the State? What are some dangerous visions of the State […]

In this episode of The Social Doctrine of the Church, Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi talk with Theresa Notare, Assistant Director, NFP Program Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth I United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Questions addressed in the podcast include: 1. How do questions of human fertility relate to the social […]

In this episode of Catholic Social Teaching, Robert Fastiggi and Michael Vacca interivew Neal Flesher on his book, Modern Chains: The Invisible Shackles of Economic Slavery. Modern Chains examines a truth we have been conditioned to ignore: our financial system functions as a silent mechanism of enslavement. Drawing on centuries of history, philosophy, and moral reasoning, author […]

In this episode The Social Doctrine of the Church, Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi  interview Iain Benson on subsidiarity.

John Klink combines his personal experience of serving as a national director for Catholic Relief Services in Moroco, Haiti, Yemen and Thailand, a diplomat at the U.N. and as head of the International Catholic Migration Commission. Enjoy this episode on one of the biggest current societal hot-button issues and see how the Church’s social doctrine […]

CMF’s Michael Vacca and Dr. Robert Fastiggi talk with Prof. Jane Adolphe about Catholic Social Doctrine and Issues of Equality and Non-discrimination. The discussion covers numerous encyclicals that were all released by different popes to address major social issues during their time. Starting in the 19th century, popes began to use their authoritative writings to address […]

In this episode of the Social Doctrine of the Church podcast, Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi interview John Hittinger on Human Rights, Freedom, and the State in the Magisterium of St. John Paul II. Dr. Hittinger is the former director of St. John Paul II Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. This […]

Questions addressed include:
One major theme of Catholic social doctrine is human dignity. How does gender ideology threaten human dignity?

What has the Catholic Church taught on gender ideology? Has the Church’s position been adequately expressed in documents such as the 2024 declaration, Dignitas Infinita, of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith? What more needs to be done or said?

Some people argue that the Church should accept sex-change operations because of the increased risk of suicide for those who are denied sex-transition procedures? What is your perspective as a sociologist?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2025 CONTACT: Kathy Dempsey for Christ Medicus Foundation CURO “Just as much of Europe has greatly restricted gender transition interventions on minors, many in the United States choose to ignore both common sense and science and continue to push for these dangerous and unethical practices,” said Louis Brown, Jr. Esq., […]

Louis Brown of Christ Medicus Foundation discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti which that was a huge victory for protecting minors from unethical and harmful transgender procedures and also the pro-life movement since the Dobbs decision. Listen to the Episode here: https://ondemand.ewtn.com/Home/Play/en/~OI20250628