Stephen Schneck , director, Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies, and associate professor, politics, was interviewed for a story on the State of the Union address. See below.
From: National Catholic Register Date: Jan. 22, 2015 Author: Peter Jesserer Smith
... Many of the specifics of Obama's speech "matched up well" with Catholic social thought, according to Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
"Many of the specific proposals he made were actually pretty good, from a Catholic social-teachings perspective," commented Schneck, citing references to long-standing priorities of the U.S. Church, such as immigration reform, minimum wage for the poor, support for unions, prohibition of torture and normalizing relations with Cuba. "These are all things that we've heard the USCCB asking for in specific requests," he said, "not to just this administration, but to many past administrations over the last decade or so."
The problem, Schneck observed, is that, despite the parallels, the president has two glaring exceptions that strike at the core of the Church's social teaching: his stance on life issues and same-sex "marriage."
"Both are contrary to the Church's teachings and are at odds with our understanding of human life as the foundation for all Catholic social teaching," he said.
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