Jesuit Refugee Service/USA has named Kelly Ryan, an accomplished diplomat, attorney and policymaker, as its new president. She will begin serving on May 1.
Politics & Society
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
All people of faith should stand against China’s Uyghur genocide
Christians and Jews have come together to support the U.S. civil rights movement and the end of apartheid in South Africa. The repression of the Uyghurs in China also demands interreligious unity.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 aid workers, including one Catholic
Pope Francis appealed for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza after the killing of seven aid workers and the bombing of the Iranian consulate, warning against the war’s escalation.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
Pope asks nations to repeal laws discriminating against women
Pope Francis: “Let us respect women. Let us respect their dignity, their basic rights. And if we don’t, our society will not progress.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Landlords should be required to legally justify every eviction.
“Just cause” eviction laws can add a measure of security and predictability to housing markets. They can also correct the power imbalance between large landlords and tenants.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Remember the immigrants who died in the Baltimore bridge collapse
We don’t know the names of all of the men so far, but the Guatemalan, Honduran and Mexican consulates have acknowledged that citizens of their nations working together in the United States are among the missing and the presumed dead.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
‘We cannot be silent’: A statement from the Jesuits on Gaza
“We, the members of the Society of Jesus, continue to be lifted up in prayer, in lament, in protest at the death and destruction that continue to reign in Gaza and other territories in Israel/Palestine, spilling over into the surrounding countries of the Middle East.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
The world is terrible at protecting children in conflict zones
While some children have been evacuated from conflict, more than 1.1 million children in Gaza and 3.7 million in Haiti have been left behind to face the rampaging adult world around them.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
What the Good Friday Passion play means for Latino Catholics
For parishioners at Most Holy Trinity Church in Phoenix, Ariz., dramatizing Christ’s Passion on the Via Crucis is a way of passing on the faith.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Gregory on the synod, social media and the vital role of young Catholics
A conversation with Cardinal Wilton Gregory on synodality, the dangers of social media and the role of young people in overcoming divisions in our church and country.