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Social Justice

Catholic activists applaud encyclical’s stance against death penalty

October 6, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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, 2019
By 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, 2019
By 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, 2018
By 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, 2018
By 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, 2018
By 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, 2018
By 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, 2018
By 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, 2018
By 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.

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