The stresses of the job hit rural priests particularly hard.
Social Justice
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What the hurricanes revealed about Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico was home to widespread poverty and on the verge of bankruptcy. And that was before Hurricane Maria.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: What we owe America’s farmworkers
U.S. agriculture is facing a silent crisis.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How homelessness, climate change and the California fires are all connected
As Pope Francis writes in “Laudato Si’,” we face “one complex crisis which is both social and environmental.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A U.N. mission offers a sobering assessment of poverty in America
The United States is thwarting the advancement of millions of its citizens, a UN rapporteur says.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
New York switches to a ‘pilot program’ during annual C.C.H.D. collection. Did parishioners notice?
The change was in “no way” a response to the C.C.H.D.’s persistent online critics, an archdiocesan official says.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Live, from D.C., it’s Jesuitical!
This week, your faithful hosts are in the hot seat.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Jesuit network marks 20 years of working for justice
At the 2017 gathering, organizers offered Catholic speakers that tackled racism, immigration, climate change, socioeconomic inequality, prison reform and other forms of social exclusion.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: Catholic universities need to teach about migrants & refugees to counter xenophobia
Catholic universities need to study the root causes of forced migration and ways to counter discrimination, Pope Francis said.
Posted inFaith, Video
WATCH | Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2017
Watch talks by James Martin, S.J., Sister Simone Campbell and more here.