Missouri farmer’s faith drives him to innovate, stand up for farmers, communities November 23, 2024By Jay Nies OSV News Filed Under: Environment, News, Social Justice, World News 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’ November 23, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, Social Justice, World News 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’ November 21, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Culture and education must go hand-in-hand to form students into agents of social change driven by hope, Pope Francis said.
Pope calls on G20 to work for food equality, end armed conflicts November 18, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News The “silent acceptance” of famine in the world is a “scandalous injustice and a grave offense” that requires the unified attention of the international system, Pope Francis said.
Poor cannot keep waiting for justice, solidarity, pope says November 18, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to charity becomes an innocuous devotion, Pope Francis said.
Ahead of World Day of the Poor, cause opens for France’s ‘charitable spouses’ November 16, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Social Justice, World News Ahead of World Day of the Poor, observed in the church Nov. 17, French bishops gave a green light to open the sainthood cause for a married couple who gave up their noble and rich life to care for the sick and poor.
Pope asks parishes, religious orders to help alleviate housing crisis November 15, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Pope Francis is asking parishes, Catholic institutions and religious congregations in Rome to celebrate the Holy Year 2025 by offering a home to someone who is without.
Reformed CCHD collection boosts groups putting Catholic social teaching into action November 15, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Giving, News, Social Justice, World News The Catholic Campaign for Human Development annual collection envelope — for those church parishioners who don’t use the electronic alternative, #iGiveCatholicTogether — announces that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ domestic anti-poverty program is “working on the margins.”
Mary Pat Clarke, former City Council member, remembered as fighter for social justice November 13, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Social Justice Mary Pat Clarke, a former Baltimore City Council member who made history when she became the first woman elected council president in 1987, is being remembered by social justice advocates as a staunch promoter of inclusionary housing, racial justice and policies that support worker rights.
God’s love also comes through people being kind to each other, Pope says November 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Social Justice, Vatican, Works of Mercy VATICAN CITY (CNS) — There is no such thing as people who only take and never give, Pope Francis told a group of visitors experiencing homelessness and volunteers who assist them. “We are all givers and receivers, we all need each other and are called to enrich each other,” he said during a private audience […]
Pope asks church organizers to bridge inequality, foster solidarity November 5, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Christians must actively seek ways to bridge the gap between rich and poor created by growing inequality and foster pathways of solidarity, Pope Francis said.
CCHD collection vital for local anti-poverty organizations October 31, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Social Justice The Baltimore CCHD committee chairperson said the Nov. 16-17 collection in parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore is a vital funding source for the local Catholic Campaign for Human Development chapter.