Justice

Catholic Charities leaders urge wider federal support for affordable housing

by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service

Jun 24, 2021

Officials overseeing Catholic Charities-connected housing initiatives are calling on Congress to boost funding and expand tax credits for affordable housing programs that serve older adults and homeless people.

CLINIC joins forces with U.N. agency to help people who are 'stateless'

by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service

Jun 24, 2021

The Maryland-based Catholic Legal Immigration Network announced June 22 it is joining forces with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to help people who are "stateless."

Mosaic portrait of St. Thomas More (Wikimedia Commons/Pablo Sanchez)

Commentary

St. Thomas More for our times: not a culture war hero

by David E. DeCosse

Jun 24, 2021

Commentary: In a time when the Catholic Church in the U.S. is flirting with Communion bans and populist nationalism, it's good to consider anew why Thomas More, patron saint of politicians, is not a culture war hero.

Sister calls protection of voting rights a moral issue at Georgetown forum

by Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service

Jun 22, 2021

With state legislatures considering proposals to limit ballot access, "as people of faith, I think we need to care about these debates and these decisions because of the rights of the least and the most vulnerable are not being guarded and protected," said Sr. Anita Baird in a Georgetown University panel.

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Catholic Charities leaders urge wider federal support for affordable housing

CLINIC joins forces with U.N. agency to help people who are 'stateless'

St. Thomas More for our times: not a culture war hero

Sister calls protection of voting rights a moral issue at Georgetown forum

Children's graves in Canada reflect Catholic logic of Indigenous vanishment

Bishop: Worship sites often unaware of migrating Catholics near them

White Catholics must lead the way to end white supremacy

Pope: Post-pandemic economic recovery must seek good of all

Editorial: Thank you, Catholic theologians, for your work for the church

Louisiana Catholic environmental justice activist wins Goldman Prize

Caritas campaign makes strides, but miles still to go in welcoming migrants

Solidarity, esperanza and our future: sisters' dispatches from the border

Kings Bay Plowshares activists keep focus on continuing witness for peace

Mercy Sisters, intentional community strive to help immigrants in San Diego

Cardinal Czerny calls on bishops to expand pastoral ministry to migrants

The church's complicity in dehumanizing the LGBTQ community in Ghana

Supreme Court decision deals blow to immigrants with temporary status

Social justice Catholics should reclaim rhetoric of objective truth, goodness

Pope voices 'pain' over Indigenous children's deaths, doesn't apologize

Justice for all: Restorative justice goes beyond retribution

How to respond to evil: Vengeance must stop, says sister of murder victim

At migration summit, bishops commit to work toward 'church without borders'

Canadian minister says pope needs to apologize to Indigenous people

Archbishop to unaccompanied immigrant children: 'God is always with us'

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