Roman Catholic Archbishop Donald Wuerl discusses the DC City Council’s December 1 vote on gay marriage and how that may affect his church’s social service and charity work.
Social Welfare
Archbishop Donald Wuerl: Charity and Freedom of Conscience
November 27, 2009: “A Just and Sustainable Recovery”
Watch excerpts from Bread for the World’s November 23 press conference in Washington, DC on creating jobs that will fight poverty and climate change.
November 20, 2009: Eid al-Adha
When the hajj comes to an end, Muslims will distribute meat to the poor and recall Abraham's willingness to offer his son to God.
November 13, 2009: Juvenile Sentencing
On November 9, a divided Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases about just punishment for juveniles convicted of non-homicide offenses. Are life sentences imposed on juvenile offenders cruel and unusual?
November 6, 2009: Health Care and the Common Good
Hastings Center bioethicist and philosopher Daniel Callahan says the common good as a moral value should be the foundation for American health care reform, but it has been largely absent from the current public debate.
November 6, 2009: The Aim of Health Care
Read an excerpt from a new book on medical technology costs and health care by Daniel Callahan, who advocates "an open discussion on what counts as good or bad choices, wise or imprudent ones, and our social obligations to our community as we make them."
October 16, 2009: Season of Service
A partnership between the city of Portland, Oregon and evangelical churches has led to thousands of volunteers completing hundreds of community service projects focused on schools, hunger, homelessness, health, poverty, and the environment.
August 28, 2009: Moishe House New Orleans
"We're already practicing tikkun olam--repairing the world--in our day-to-day lives," says Jonathan Graboies, a resident of Moishe House in New Orleans, "so in a way we're being Jewish even without being in the synagogue."
August 21, 2009: Passing the Mantle
"We must return to the values that made the black church a true success," says Rev. Mark Whitlock, director of community initiatives at USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture, where a mentoring program trains African-American clergy in community organizing, economic development, and church leadership strategies.
August 14, 2009: Spafford Children’s Center
Located in Jerusalem's Old City near the Damascus Gate, this children's charity traces its roots to 19th-century American evangelicals Horatio and Anna Spafford. Together they established a philanthropic and utopian Christian community that was known as the American Colony.












