Catholic Charities has left the building, in Detroit. At least temporarily. Even as the city of Detroit grapples with the implications of bankruptcy, because of a recent consolidation and reorganization the area’s Catholic Charities services have been going through an upheaval of their own. Th
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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UN: Human Rights Disaster in Eritrea: Propels Desperate Flight to Lampedusa
While European leaders ponder the problem of how to humanely respond to the armada of refugees emerging from North Africa for a perilous crossing across the Mediterranean, a United Nations expert today urged the international community to focus on the human rights situation in Eritrea, a country man
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Vatican Reaffirms Teaching on Divorced, Remarried Catholics
Amid rising expectations that the Catholic Church might make it easier for divorced and remarried members to receive Communion, the Vatican's highest doctrinal official reaffirmed church teaching barring such persons from the sacrament without an annulment of their first, sacramental marriage.Bu
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Can This City Be Saved?: Reconstructing Detroit after bankruptcy
It is Aug. 6, the feast of the Transfiguration, and Albert Aaron stands on a corner on the East Side of Detroit, political flyers in hand, ready to chat up anyone willing to hear why his candidate should be the city’s next mayor. Three weeks earlier Detroit made national headlines with the lar
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Syria: Christians Can Be a Witness For Peace as Conflict Continues
Jesuit Refugee Service is serving thousands of internally displaced Syrians.
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In the News: Oct. 22, 2013
Germany 39 s Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst dubbed quot the Bishop of Bling quot and facing calls to resign nbsp has a sit down with the master of modesty Pope Francis in Rome Father Thomas Rosica interviews our own Matt Malone S J the youngest ever editor-in-chief of America magazine T
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Lead Still Major Problem Worldwide: A persisting threat in paint, toys and fuel
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxic waste, Marc Pallemaerts, today in Geneva urged states to increase efforts to eliminate the use of lead especially in paint and toys. Even though lead poisoning is entirely preventable, lead exposure causes 143,000 deaths and 600,000 new cases of childre
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In the News: Oct 21
JP Morgan 39 s record fine who benefits most Zygmunt Bauman is in awe of Pope Francis Overwhelmed or underdone Obama admin acknowledges problems with ACA web registration launch Same sex couples may marry in New Jersey Remembering Father John Grange a 39 welcomer 39 in the BronxAs scandal un
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‘Nones’ on the Rise among Hispanics
A majority of U S Hispanics identify as Catholic 53 percent 25 percent identify as Protestant nearly evenly divided between evangelical Protestant and mainline Protestant and few Hispanics 6 percent identify with a non-Christian religion But perhaps the fastest growing ldquo religious rd
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November (2014) Surprise?
As the government shutdown snorted and whinnied on into its second week the mood accountants at Pew checked in with the American public Here 39 s a little of what they discovered Eighty-one percent say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States while just 14 percent