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Kenneth Craycraft

Kenneth Craycraft

Dr. Kenneth Craycraft holds the James J. Gardner Chair of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary's Seminary & School of Theology. He is the author of Citizens Yet Strangers: Living Authentically Catholic in a Divided America.

In 1891, Pope Leo XIII issued a groundbreaking encyclical letter called Rerum Novarum—the “New Things.” In that letter, Pope Leo applied 1900 years of the development of Catholic theology to the moral, social, economic, and political crises and challenges caused by the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century. Thus did …

A CLOSER LOOK | Dr. Kenneth Craycraft For most people who are anticipating graduation, the commencement ceremony is the pinnacle of an academic career. Whether from high school, college, or graduate school, May or June graduation is the completion of the objective. While, of course, high school and university graduates …