Letter to the editor: The benefit of state aid

Notes: "If U.S. Catholic theologian William T. Cavanaugh is being quoted correctly in context he's wrong ('A church with little political clout ? "Thanks be to God"', Dec. 2015, p. 1). State aid to the disadvantaged does not 'immunize wealthier classes from the messy and potentially life-altering encounter with actual people who suffer'. State aid is social justice and dignity. It is the antithesis of handouts from the wealthy that is degrading". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Public welfare - Religious aspects - Christianity; Social justice - Religious aspects - Christianity; Cavanaugh, William T., 1962-