With coronavirus-era eviction protections expiring across the country and rent payment waivers not far behind, the already-precarious situation of many low-income Americans is about to get worse.
Social Justice
Slum priests celebrate reparation Mass after presidential candidate pours insults on Argentine pope
As Argentines prepare to elect their new president Oct. 22, a group of clergy close to Pope Francis launched an unprecedented intervention in the highly charged political atmosphere in the South American country.
Pope warns of risk of getting ‘stiff neck’ by looking away from suffering
Society has slipped into a culture of indifference so pervasive that “our necks are going to get stiff” from constantly turning away from the suffering of marginalized people, Pope Francis said.
Radio Interview: ‘The Mother Teresa of Honduras’ – Sister Maria Rose Leggol
Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty chatted with Jessica Sarowitz, executive producer, and Nicole Bernaardi-Reis, director, of “With This Light,” about Sister Maria Rosa Leggol and her legacy.
Adoration awakens love for the poor, commitment to justice, pope says
– In the eyes of the world it would appear “absurd” to begin helping the poor and struggling for justice by spending time in adoration before the Eucharist, Pope Francis said, but that is precisely what an Italy-based religious order has been doing for 100 years.
Pope: Dorothy Day’s life shows evangelizing power of charity, witness, love
Dorothy Day was “a great witness to faith, hope and charity in the 20th century,” a woman who loved the Catholic Church despite the flaws of its members and who knew that serving God meant serving the poor and working for justice, Pope Francis wrote.
CCHD awards luncheon stresses importance of working past impasses for social change
Social change, funding and diversity were the dominant themes coursing through the conversation at the annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development awards luncheon Aug. 10 at St. Bernardine in West Baltimore.
Local communities must be included in fight against hunger, pope says
In order to eradicate hunger in the world, committed and experienced action must be taken that includes local and traditional cultures and peoples, Pope Francis said.
The recipe for going ‘all in’ on ending homelessness in America
While the affordable housing shortage can be hard to see with our own eyes, homelessness is not.
U.N. agency says solution to child labor is helping governments create jobs, assist families with child care
As the International Labor Organization of the United Nations took aim at child labor and the exploitation of children June 12, Pope Francis lent his support with a tweet.
On World Day of Poor, be poor like those you serve, pope says
To recognize and address the poverty of others, Christians must become poor like the figure of Tobit from the Hebrew Bible, Pope Francis said.
Theologian emphasizes empathy at Catholic Charities symposium
As Catholic Charities of Baltimore continues to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the organization sponsored its first social justice symposium April 20 in person at Church of the Nativity in Timonium and livestreamed to six additional satellite locations.