Copy Desk Daily, March 12, 2019

by Teresa Malcolm

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Our team of copy editors reads and posts most of what you see on the websites for National Catholic Reporter and Global Sisters Report (the NCR project focusing on women religious). The Copy Desk Daily highlights recommended news and opinion articles that have crossed our desks on their way to you.

On Friday, students are planning a global day of action calling on governments to address the threat of climate change. Sarah Mac Donald takes a look at the movement in Ireland, where weekly protests have been held outside the parliament in Dublin and have popped up in other cities, too: Serious climate message underlies exuberant student strikes in Ireland.

Alex Mikulich joined the Democratic Socialists of America in 1988, inspired by a Catholic who was one of its founding members. Today, he sees that vision represented by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as he explains in From Laborem Exercens to AOC: why I'm a Catholic Democratic Socialist.

GSR has a Q&A with Sr. Mary Montgomery, leading retreats for busy Catholic moms — and following the contemplative example of the alpacas at the White Violet Center for Eco Justice.

Sr. Karan Varker's I am Rachel: a midwife meditation reflects on the journey from the manger to the cross.

ICYMI: Across the state line from NCR's headquarters, a conflict in the Diocese of Kansas City, Kansas, has made national news as Kansas parishioners fight enrollment denial of student with same-sex parents.

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