If the face of Catholic activism today is the Baby Boomers, then millennial Catholics are certainly the body.
Social Justice
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic groups join protest against gun violence at March for Our Lives
Many of the participants from Catholic schools and churches say that respecting the dignity of life means protecting children from gun violence.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
Why I helped plan my Catholic school’s walkout against gun violence
Our student body generated dialogue around a topic that we did not all agree on.
Posted inFaith, News
Are the rich to blame for South Africa’s drought?
“It is you rich people who have finished the water, and now you want us to share the consequences.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Hunger strikes and the desperate desire for justice
Hunger strikes raise thorny political, philosophical and even spiritual questions.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Canadian Catholics support new office to oversee global mining interests
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops praised the new ombudsperson office, noting it “has called attention to concerns and complaints involving Canadian-based and/or Canadian-registered companies which operate in other countries.”
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic leaders push Congress to protect social programs as budget deadline approaches
Advocates are concerned that Congress is willing to cut the programs to offset an expected $1 trillion deficit.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Minimum-wage win: grassroots campaign in Ontario scores increase
It will come as no surprise that Canadian economists are divided on the benefits of raising the minimum wage, but proponents say the hike is desperately needed following decades of wage stagnation that has led many Canadians to take on significant debt.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My year of service sent my parents into a panic. It sent me deeper into the heart of Mercy.
During my volunteer experience, I was mostly on the receiving end of mercy.
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Who is Madeleine Delbrêl—the “French Dorothy Day” Pope Francis made venerable this weekend?
Madeleine Delbrêl is a saint for the rest of us.