In final message, popular movements cry out for sanctuary
Updated with video: The U.S. regional meeting's final statement called all faith communities to declare themselves sanctuaries for the discriminated.
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Myanmar's Cardinal Bo calls for 'green theology of liberation'
Eco Catholic: "Rich countries throw carbon into the atmosphere. We suffer and bury thousands after every natural disaster," the Yangon archbishop tells the Asia-Oceania Meeting of Religious.
U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on border shooting of Mexican teenager
The Supreme Court took on a U.S-Mexico border issue Feb. 21 when it examined if the parents of a Mexican teenager can sue the U.S. border agent who shot and killed their son.
During the oral arguments, the justices seemed divided over who was responsible for the action. Some of the justices stressed that it was a U.S. concern since the teen was shot by a U.S. agent; other justices said that since the 15-year-old died on the Mexican side of the border, the case should stay out of the U.S. courts.
Nerinx Hall, a Catholic high school, denies LGBT club
NCR Today: The president of the school claimed the St. Louis archdiocese requires such clubs include conversion therapy. But the archdiocese says it has no such requirement.
Preparing in case of deportation
NCR Today: It's happening everywhere. Eleven million people across the United States are filled with fear. Members of the Loretto Community are helping some assess risk and make plans.
Supreme Court blocks Texas inmate's execution, cites racial bias
In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed that Texas inmate Duane Buck had been unfairly represented.
We need Lent now more than ever
Young Voices: I wonder how the country might change if we Christians doubled down on our Lenten observance this year, inspired by the radical love poured out on the cross.
Despite Catholic campus support, DACA students fear deportation
Students that are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program face an uncertain future, and Catholic colleges face questions of support and sanctuary.
Catholics continue to press Trump on climate change
Eco Catholic: Two letters from 100-plus Catholic leaders urged the Trump administration to continue the Clean Power Plan and U.S. involvement in the Paris Agreement, Green Climate Fund.
Culture panelists: Americans' faith still tied to a 'norm of whiteness'
The specter of Donald Trump's one-month presidency hung over a Feb. 21 seminar on racism and religious faith here sponsored by Fordham University's Center on Religion and Culture.
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