The high school students were participating in a Sleep Out, a fundraiser for Covenant House, a nonprofit that provides support for young people facing homelessness and survivors of trafficking.
Social Justice
Loyola accepts 11 ventures for Baltipreneurs Accelerator
Loyola University Maryland announced that its Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship accepted 11 new ventures for the center’s 2024-25 Baltipreneurs Accelerator.
St. Paul parishioner delivers hope with grassroots outreach
The Towson University graduate, 62, found his calling when he established the St. Paul Grassroots and Cold Weather Shelter ministries.
Teamsters expand Amazon holiday strike to secure just wages
After e-commerce giant Amazon ignored a deadline for a labor agreement set by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters labor union, workers at seven U.S. Amazon facilities walked off the job Dec. 19, during the height of the online holiday shopping season.
Southwest Baltimore faith-based partners to reprise candlelight prayer walk Dec. 30
A coalition of public, private and faith-based partners plans to gather for a one-hour prayer vigil Dec. 30 at 5:30 p.m. to remember the lives lost to homicide this year and plead for an end to violence in Baltimore City.
Saints, Pelicans owner honored for service ’empowering the most vulnerable’
The owner of two New Orleans professional sports teams has been recognized by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association for her “unwavering commitment to her Catholic faith,” as well as “her outstanding contributions to the promotion of human dignity.”
Fight against poverty must be based on Gospel, social doctrine, pope says
Pope Francis prayed that Advent would be a time of spiritual renewal to build up a civilization of love.
Charity is more than material support, pope says
Charity involves more than offering material aid to those in need; it also calls for a commitment to fostering societal change, Pope Francis said.
El Salvador archbishop blasts mining law change, says it will cause ‘irrevocable damage’
Catholic leaders in Central America expressed alarm over the idea of repealing a national prohibition on extractive activities in El Salvador — putting the church in opposition to the country’s popular president.
Missouri farmer’s faith drives him to innovate, stand up for farmers, communities
This fifth-generation parishioner and curator of the soil assembles the teachings of the church into a more sustainable, God-oriented way of farming.
Feeding 2.4 million schoolchildren every day with Our Lady as his ‘boss’
Mary’s Meals serves meals to 2,429,182 children every school day across 17 countries.
Pope: Schools should be centers of formation, not ‘achievement factories’
Culture and education must go hand-in-hand to form students into agents of social change driven by hope, Pope Francis said.