Thomas J. Massaro, SJ, is a Jesuit priest of the New England Province and a distinguished moral theologian and ethicist. On July 1, 2012, he became the new dean of the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. Previously, Fr. Massaro was a Professor of Moral Theology at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry. He also taught for eleven years at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge before going to Boston College in 2008. Fr. Massaro is the author or editor/co-editor of five books, including American Catholic Social Teaching (Liturgical Press, 2002), Catholic Perspectives on Peace and War (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003), U.S. Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response (Georgetown University Press, 2007), and Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action, Second Classroom Edition (Rowman and Littlefield, 2012). A regular columnist for America magazine since January 2009, Fr. Massaro lectures frequently on the moral evaluation of public policies regarding domestic and international issues such as foreign policy, anti-poverty efforts and globalization. * Excerpts taken from http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/... and http://americamagazine.org/users/thom...