Speaking in Chicago to a gathering of U.S. priests, Archbishop Wilton Gregory addressed racism, sexism and a host of other societal challenges that “continue to hold us captive.”
Social Justice
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Jesuit high school student killed during Nicaragua’s deadly protests
Álvaro Manuel Conrado Dávila was shot in the throat by police at close range with a rubber bullet.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic groups concerned by 2018 farm bill
“Eighty percent of the farm bill is around the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It’s significant when we hear it’s going to include some dramatic cuts.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
California has over 700 people on death row and executions could begin soon
In California, Catholic opponents of the death penalty are trying to protect the largest population of inmates awaiting execution in the Western Hemisphere.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: End civil forfeiture without due process
Wisconsin is the 15th state to at least put limits on seizures. Other states should follow suit.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Scientists, farmers, and theologians agree: Agriculture is a ‘noble vocation’
Ministering in rural areas should be rooted in building relationships that understand people’s connection to their land.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Martin Luther King Jr. and today’s road to Jericho
When we say we do not want to live in this time, we are acting more like the priest than like the Samaritan.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Fasting with Farmworkers: Agriculture’s #MeToo moment
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a Florida-based farmworker group, led a “Freedom Fast” to draw attention to the epidemic of sexual assault and harassment of farmworker women and to the C.I.W.’s ongoing boycott of the fast-food chain Wendy’s.
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To honor Rev. King, ‘deepen’ commitment to work for justice, bishops urge
In reflecting on Rev. King’s life and work, “what are we being asked to do for the sake of our brother or sister who still suffers under the weight of racism?”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Fighting homelessness on L.A.’s Skid Row with a Lenten fast
Sometimes Christians ask what they can do but often are not ready for the answers.