Madeleine Davison

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, wrote a letter to Pope Francis calling for the removal of New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond in light of new information about clergy sex abuse cases.

A new podcast from America magazine called "Voting Catholic" examines how Catholics are thinking about issues such as racial justice, climate change, poverty and abortion as the 2020 election approaches.

Even first-time voters, at 18, have seen dramatic effects of climate change in their lifetimes

 

The challenge for white Christians today, Robert P. Jones said, is to honestly tell this "barely-hidden" history, and begin to engage in a process of repair and justice.

A newly released Pew Research Center study suggests that most American teens share religious identities and faith practices with their parents, but that teenagers are much less likely to say religion is very important to them. And, most U.S. teens identify with a religion. About six in 10 are Christian, and 24% are Catholic.

Almost two years after a 21-year-old Black student died on campus following an encounter with university police, his mother is still seeking answers and stepping up her push for policy change at the Catholic university in Pittsburgh.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to transport detained immigrants on airplanes to Latin American countries and rural U.S. towns ill-equipped to handle COVID-19, according to an advocacy group's data.

The Women-Church Convergence, a coalition of progressive, feminist Catholic organizations, urged Catholics to vote in November by listening to their consciences rather than their clergy.

#Every30Seconds is a new national campaign that aims to engage Latino young adults and empower them to vote in the upcoming elections this November.

Says one leader of Catholics for Change in Our Church, "I don't think they've made progress since the grand jury" — the 2018 report that uncovered widespread clerical sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses.

In January, St. Mary Magdalene was born from the merger of three parishes. In March, COVID-19 put the new community in lockdown. Now that reopening is underway, "we have a lot of work to do to bring us all closer together."