In All Things

As the June 18 release of the pope 39 s encyclical on the environment approaches pre-emptive commentary either lauding or diminishing its so-far unseen contents continues apace Asked to comment on the galloping punditry that has anticipated the encyclical Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski noted wit

U S Conference of Catholic Bishops President and Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz said U S bishops would welcome and cooperate with a new episcopal governing mechanism confirmed in an announcement from Rome this morning The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis had accepted the recommendati

On Friday June 5 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Democrat of New York reintroduced her Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to FY16 National Defense Authorization Act calling for removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command All Americans especially Catholics should join her

New collection brings the pope’s intimate daily sermons to a universal audience.

Service Employees International Union Local 500 which represents adjunct faculty at Georgetown University reports that Trinity Washington University adjuncts have now chosen union representation 74 voting yes 54 voting no They join a wave of non-tenured university and college instructors acros

Housekeepers and childcare workers were excluded from 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.

The church and public morality, from Leo XIII to Francis

There is that old refrain mdash or retort mdash from childhood that is usually said upon instances of bullying or teasing ldquo Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me rdquo Unfortunately when it comes to the reality of living in the Holy Land mdash specifically Israe

Title VII establishes a preference for religious accommodation in the workplace.