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Equality and economic social justice seem to be in the Catholic news this week. First, we had Pope Francis\u2019 Monday tweet:<\/p>\n

Inequality is the root of social evil.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Pope Francis (@Pontifex) April 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And today, we have a great Catholic News Service video with Father Larry Snyder<\/a>, President of Catholic Charities, calling for \u201ca balance between profit and wages\u201d. Father Snyder explains that a fourth of those who would be impacted by an increase in the minimum wage are \u201cfamily people\u201d and that what is sought is enough of a living wage to be able to care for a family.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How do you respond to these types of statements on the raising of the minimum wage?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equality and economic social justice seem to be in the Catholic news this week. First, we had Pope Francis\u2019 Monday tweet: Inequality is the root of social evil. \u2014 Pope Francis (@Pontifex) April 28, 2014 And today, we have a great Catholic News Service video with Father Larry Snyder, President of Catholic Charities, calling for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[698,699,426],"class_list":["post-3239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-catholiccharities","tag-minimum-wage","tag-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>A Moral Argument to Raise Minimum Wage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Equality and economic social justice seem to be in the Catholic news this week. 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