Mercy in Action

Thomas Massaro, SJ, is professor of moral theology at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. He is author of Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action and has been a regular contributor to America magazine.

• Introduction: The Roots of the Social Thought of Pope Francis 1 Economic Justice: Challenging Economic Inequality 2 Promoting Labor Justice in a Globalized Economic Order 3 A Bold Call for Integral Ecology 4 Promoting Healthy Family Life in Challenging Times5 Tireless Advocacy for the World’s Most Marginalized People: Migrants, Refugees, and the Victims of Human Trafficking6 The Mission to Peacemaking and Conflict Transformation in Our TimeConclusion

Massaro masterfully explores and explains what Pope Francis has added to Catholic social teaching and how he also builds on previous social teaching by popes such as Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI. . . . One is unlikely to find a more cogent, comprehensive, sympathetic yet sometimes critical, well-written, and exhaustive treatment of Francis’s social teaching than that found in M.’s book.