Mary Novak, lawyer, chaplain, activist and associate of the St. Joseph Sisters, will succeed Social Justice Sr. Simone Campbell as head of Network, the Catholic social justice lobby announced March 22.
Catholic Relief Services, Sisters of Mercy and Franciscan Action Network were among the groups to condemn the administration as it formally began the process to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris accord.
Hundreds of Catholics gathered on Capitol Hill to express their disgust at the treatment of immigrant children. In unison, they demanded an end to migrant child detention; 70 Catholic leaders were arrested.
