Catholic activists applaud encyclical’s stance against death penalty October 6, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Fratelli Tutti, News, Respect Life, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Pope Francis tackled several issues in his new encyclical, but the section devoted to ending capital punishment was particularly cheered by U.S. Catholics who oppose the death penalty.
Mercy Sister Augusta Reilly’s advocacy for Baltimoreans in recovery recognized August 25, 2020By Christy Macy Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Over the years, Marian House has served thousands of women through its transitional and permanent housing as well as its support services programs that include counseling, educational services, employment assistance and life skills training.
Bishops ‘sickened’ by Floyd’s death, say racism ‘real and present danger’ May 30, 2020By Julie Asher Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops said May 29 they “are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes.”
Racism ‘at heart’ of man’s death at hands of police, says Pax Christi USA May 29, 2020By Julie Asher Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News The racism “at the heart” of the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis “penetrates every aspect of life in the United States” and seeds “the terror that threatens communities of color and disfigures all our humanity,” Pax Christi USA said May 28.
Celebrating 40 years, Social Ministry Convocation seeks more from young Catholics March 4, 2019By Rus VanWestervelt Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The urgent call to bring young Catholics into the social justice movement was clear March 2 at Mercy High School, site of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s 40th annual Social Ministry Convocation.
Talking to some young Jesuits about social justice and evangelization January 10, 2019By Bishop Robert Barron Filed Under: Commentary, Social Justice, Word on Fire I told my young Jesuit conversation partners that they ought to follow the prompt of our Jesuit pope and go not just to the economic margins but to the “existential margins”—that is to say, to those who have lost the faith, lost any contact with God, who have not heard the Good News.
Cristo Rey graduate stands for social justice July 10, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Social Justice Thirteen years after immigrating to the United States from Honduras, Riccy Amador left her mark in Baltimore as a leader in social justice awareness.
Third federal judge rules on ending DACA; he says Trump acted legally March 7, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that President Donald Trump acted legally in ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, saying “the decision to wind down DACA in an orderly manner was rational.”
Social Ministry Convocation promotes justice and mercy March 5, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The four-word theme of the 39th annual Social Ministry Convocation summarized the mission of its attendees: Justice and Mercy: Now!
Enduring power of nonviolence March 1, 2018By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop, Social Justice, Urban Vicariate Archbishop William E. Lori answers questions about his pastoral letter, “The Enduring Power of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Principles of Nonviolence.”
El Arzobispo Lori se une al llamado de los obispos de E.E.U.U. para salvar a DACA February 21, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español, Local News, News, Social Justice, World News “Nuestra fe nos mueve a estar con los vulnerables, incluidos nuestros hermanos y hermanas inmigrantes… Ahora debemos mostrar nuestro apoyo y solidaridad de una manera especial,” dijeron los obispos.
Archbishop Lori pens pastoral letter on Martin Luther King Jr., nonviolence February 14, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, MLK Pastoral Letter, News, Social Justice The upcoming 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prompted Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori to write a pastoral letter on the civil rights leader’s principles of nonviolence.
