Go to an average Catholic Mass and pick the over/under on how many times the term “Social Justice” will be mentioned.
I’ve NEVER heard the term in my parish.
I’ve only heard the term from Jesuits, which does little to break the stereotype there.
I wish we had not allowed the other side to frame the issue linguistically on this. “Social justice” should really be “income equality” or “income redistribution.”
They love that word “social.” Even Social Security is not social security—it is financial security. Millions of older people are living alone, with no family around them and few friends, while the SS checks come faithfully in and their families rest content that they don’t have to worry about them. Social Security has done more to destroy our social framework than any other program.
It’s not mentioned at all at the Masses I attend. What are you talking about?