The phrase “social justice,” when invoked by members of the Catholic left, is a euphemism for the agenda of the Democratic Party. “Social justice” refers not to objective principles of justice but to specific policies of Democrats on health care, labor, welfare, and other matters. This is why the historic November defeat of Democrats was treated as such troubling news in many chanceries and Catholic university faculty lounges. — George Neumayr
The weasels in the leadership of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul didn’t like it either.