June 2, 2014
Over at Aleteia, George Weigel has a review of a new book by Margaret Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett on the relationship of Catholic schools to the social capital in the neighborhoods they serve. I will be reviewing that book tomorrow. But, what is strange about Weigel's review is that he uses it to bring up an old proposal of his that the authors do not advocate. Weigel wants to shut down the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and turn it into a campaign to save Catholic schools. Call me foolish, but somehow I do not think that fourteen months into the tenure of Pope Francis, shutting down the Catholic Church's principal anti-poverty campaign is a very good idea.
