The Resource Exchange furnishes a need at St. Vincent de Paul Parish March 20, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Social Justice When Peggy Cronyn co-founded The Resource Exchange, she saw it as a way to meet a critical need in her parish at St. Vincent de Paul and put her professional skills to good use. Fourteen years later, the Jonestown parish program has helped furnish more than 1,400 homes for people who had previously experienced homelessness.
Priests helping relatives of victims of Philippine ‘war on drugs’ jubilant over Duterte’s arrest March 17, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News Two Philippine priests who work with those affected by their country’s deadly anti-drug campaign under then-President Rodrigo Duterte are closely monitoring developments in the former president’s March 11 arrest and detention at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Expanding child tax credits seen as a pro-life, anti-poverty lifeline for families March 15, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Social Justice, World News After 2025, the federal tax credit is scheduled to drop to just $1,000 per qualifying child.
Social Ministry planning conference scheduled for March 8 at Calvert Hall February 25, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice For nearly 50 years, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development’s Social Ministry Convocation has been a staple for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, enabling it to inspire, educate and support the mission to fight systemic poverty.
Taxes should fund solidarity at home and abroad, Cardinal Parolin says February 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Individuals and corporations have a moral obligation to pay their fair share of taxes, and wealthy nations have an obligation to use that money to help their poorer citizens and provide aid to developing nations, the Vatican secretary of state said.
Panel: Will new budget priorities and tax policies help or hurt the poor? February 4, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News With a new U.S. presidential administration and Congress in office, questions are percolating about federal budget priorities and tax policies — and the related decisions that will either help or hurt the most vulnerable citizens.
Catholics in social ministry told to build bridges with God’s help ‘organizing hope’ January 28, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, Social Justice, World News The theme of bridge-building in community outreach and organizing spanned several presentations at the 2025 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, aiming to equip participants with practical and timely tools to transform their communities.
U.S. social ministry gathering summons Catholics to work for Christ’s ‘greater justice’ January 27, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News Perhaps the largest U.S. assembly of those dedicated to carrying out the social ministry and teaching of the church, the biennial Catholic Social Ministry Gathering takes place Jan. 25-28 in Washington, a day after the national March for Life.
Catholic Social Ministry Gathering to return with a mandate for building hope January 24, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Perhaps the largest U.S. gathering of those dedicated to carrying out the social ministry and teaching of the church, the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering is set to take place Jan. 25-28 in Washington, a day after the national March for Life.
The hopeful legacy of Jimmy Carter January 15, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Social Justice Jimmy Carter has been the subject of countless retrospectives since his death on Dec. 29. For some years, we’ve had an unfair image of his one term in office as a “failed” presidency, yet a universal acknowledgement that his post-presidency was an extraordinary example of a life well-lived.
Pope: Church must create spaces to give hope to the marginalized January 10, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church must create spaces where marginalized individuals — including young people, the elderly and those with disabilities — can engage with one another and find their place in society, Pope Francis said.
Pope condemns economy that ‘does not respect life,’ exploits children January 9, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Social Justice, Vatican, World News While society is increasingly focused on pushing the limits of human achievement, it must not lose sight of its duty to protect the dignity of the vulnerable, especially children exploited by the “scourge of child labor,” Pope Francis said.
