Dr. Jeff Mirus: Guidelines for Episcopal Investments: Too Much of a Good Thing?

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Nov 23, 2021

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has updated its Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines, renewing the bishops’ commitment to investments in companies and initiatives which have a positive impact on the common good, while avoiding any and all investments in companies directly involved in abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, contraception, and embryonic stem-cell research. The guidelines acknowledge the complexity of responsible investing, given that many companies promote the common good in some ways while undermining it in others, and that some companies may be more easily influenced by the concerns of investors than others. …

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