CAPP USA

06/05/2026

What is universal healthcare?

Is it good or bad? What are the pros and cons?

Does the Church have any guidance?

Health is a human right, sprouting from human dignity.

Healthcare must also respect the principle of subsidiarity. It must be sustainable and never mandate objectionable practices.

Here's how to walk that line: https://capp-usa.org/2024/01/universal-healthcare-pros-and-cons/

Health, is “a universal right which means that access to healthcare services cannot be a privilege.” - Pope Francis

06/04/2026

The rights of workers, women, and children. The just wage. The right to unionize. The right to private property. The rejection of socialism. The dignity of work.

If you believe in these rights and are grateful for them, do you know who and what brought these Gospel truths into the modern age?

Have you familiarized yourself with Rerum Novarum and its prophetic author, Pope Leo XIII?

It's a landmark encyclical from 1891 that is as relevant as ever.

We have a summary for you here: https://capp-usa.org/2025/03/rerum-novarum-summary/

06/03/2026

What does the rapid rise of artificial intelligence mean for human dignity, work, solidarity, and the future of society?

Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, begins with three questions:

“Where are we going?”

“Toward what goal do we wish to orient ourselves?”

“What direction should we choose as a people and as a human community?”

These questions were so important as an organizing theme in the encyclical that he reiterated them in his address to CAPP during a private audience only 5 days after the encyclical’s release.

Click to see the answers: https://cappusa.substack.com/publish/post/200171781

06/02/2026

Loneliness is everywhere.
But the deeper crisis is alienation.

Not just being alone — but feeling disconnected from meaning, community, and purpose.

A 2023 Meta–Gallup survey across 142 countries found that 1 in 4 people worldwide experience significant loneliness. Among Gen Z, nearly 3 in 4 say they feel alone at least sometimes.

Catholic social teaching names the problem clearly: when people are cut off from family, faith, work, and community, society begins to fracture.

But it also offers a cure: solidarity, human dignity, and authentic belonging.

We were not made to live isolated lives.

Follow for more videos exploring Catholic social teaching and read more here: https://capp-usa.org/alienation/

05/28/2026

There are 4 "pathologies" eating away at our society.

The consequences can easily be felt in our culture, politics, and economics.

What are they, and how do we reverse the disease?

More videos exploring the pathologies to come.

Learn about the pathologies and how to cure them: https://capp-usa.org/pathologies-overview/

05/27/2026

We close our series on immigration through the lens of Catholic social teaching by addressing the hardest questions.

Are you justifying illegal immigration?
Is deportation always wrong?
What about fairness to those who immigrated legally?
Is this political advocacy dressed up as theology?

And more.

The Church distinguishes legal from moral categories, clarifies the duties of immigrants and nations, and confronts the tensions that arise when law and moral reality diverge.

Catholic Social Teaching does not belong to the political left or right.

In this final part of the series, we tackle the strongest objections from both sides. Read more: https://cappusa.substack.com/p/hard-questions-about-immigration?r=17lwvn

05/25/2026

Did you know that much of what Pope Leo XIII said in Rerum Novarum in 1891 applies to the gig economy of today?

According to 2026 labor reporting from SHRM, more than 70% of workers now rely on secondary gig income to meet daily expenses.

What do gig workers and 19th-century factory workers have in common?

Precarious wages. Uncertain protections. A growing temptation to treat labor as just another commodity.

The human person must remain at the center of economic life. Work is not a commodity. It is an expression of human dignity.

Read more: https://cappusa.substack.com/p/the-gig-economy-and-rerum-novarum

05/21/2026

The ultimate resource is not found in the ground—it’s found in the mind.

We’ve spent decades debating the "limits to growth," but we ignored the one variable that changes everything: Human Freedom. When people are free to innovate, collaborate, and create, they don't just consume resources—they expand them.

This is the conclusion of our series on the "Population Bomb." It’s time to stop managing decline and start investing in the limitless potential of the human person.

Read more: https://capp-usa.org/overpopulation/

05/20/2026

"Reform! Reform! Reform!"

America clamors for immigration reform. What kind of reform would work?

What kind of reform upholds both the dignity of the person and the legitimate responsibilities of the political community?

Millions remain trapped between moral reality and legal status. How do you reform that?

Check out the latest Substack drop for the framework any reform must abide by: https://cappusa.substack.com/p/what-would-a-just-immigration-system

05/20/2026

When flawed models become dangerous policies.

The "overpopulation" myth didn't just get the math wrong—it left a trail of human rights abuses in its wake. From forced sterilizations to the coercive "one-child" policies, we saw what happens when the most vulnerable are viewed as "numbers to be reduced" rather than "persons to be loved."

We cannot build a sustainable future on a foundation of fear. It’s time to reclaim a vision of human dignity.

Read more: https://capp-usa.org/overpopulation/