Dorothy Day lived a life that today poses significant challenges for just about anyone mindful of the least of our brethren.
Social Justice
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Like a good neighbor: Post-pandemic solidarity means buying local
In Italy, the pandemic presents economic and social challenges, especially when it comes to food distribution, hygiene, and employment.
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On St. Joseph feast day, pope prays for workers, employers
On the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, Pope Francis prayed for all those who work and said that “human work is the vocation received from God.”
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Go slow in reopening, two business leaders advise at Santa Clara forum
At an April 29 forum at Santa Clara University, business leaders urged prudence with the desire to resume business activity while the pandemic is ongoing.
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Workers’ Memorial Day homily: ‘Profit over people’ robs work of dignity
On the fiftieth anniversary of the enactment of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, a livestreamed Mass sponsored by the Catholic Labor Network was offered in memory of all workers who died doing their jobs.
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We are living in an apocalypse
The coronavirus pandemic has caused our world, as we know it, to end. But there might be a better world around the bend, a better arrangement than the one we have grown used to.
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On L.A.’s Skid Row, Catholic Worker’s ‘Hippie Kitchen’ adjusts to coronavirus
Founded in 1970, Los Angeles Catholic Worker is modeled after the Catholic Worker movement started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in Greenwich Village in New York City in 1933 to relieve poverty.
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New Chicago Catholic Charities head: Economic crisis from coronavirus will last a decade
Sally Blount will lead the agency during a time of economic turmoil that some economists predict could rival the Great Depression.
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As lockdowns end, pope prays for prudence in behavior, judging others
In the homily he offered during his morning Mass on April 28, Pope Francis expressed the hope that people will be socially responsible once the pandemic restrictions begin to be lifted.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis urges countries to put aside ‘selfish indifference’ during coronavirus pandemic
Pope Francis warned against “the risk” of “being struck by an even worse virus” than Covid-19, namely “selfish indifference.”