From the Mouths of Rock Stars . . .

In commemorating MoJ's second anniversary, Mark asked how we're doing regarding our objective of developing a Catholic legal theory and where we need to go next.  That reminded me of a recent email I received from a law prof friend of mine who regularly reads MoJ even though he is not at all religious.  He wondered why, since we're rooted in a Christian worldview, we don't talk about social justice more.  I believe that much of our conversation on MoJ is driven by social justice broadly conceived, but as for specifically poverty-centered issues, my friend is probably right that we could do more.  On that theme, here is Bono's speech to the National Prayer Breakfast, which just happened to occur on our second anniversary.  (And no, I do not believe that Catholic legal theorists need to resort to rock stars for a coherent message on poverty, but the speech is worth reading nonetheless.)

Rob