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Social Justice

Pax Christi is honored with first Dorothy Day Peacemaker Award as global conflicts spike

June 12, 2024
By Kimberly Heatherington
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News

On June 11 — at a breakfast before the annual spring meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Louisville, Kentucky — Pax Christi received the inaugural Dorothy Day Peacemaker Award from the Dorothy Day Guild.

Workers must develop sense of belonging, pope says

June 3, 2024
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News

Workers need spaces in which they can come together, form a sense of community and advocate for the marginalized, Pope Francis said.

Safe Streets opens new Cherry Hill office as leaders tout success against violence

May 31, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News, Social Justice

William McCarthy Jr. insists it’s not a matter of opinion that a public health program known as “Safe Streets” helps reduce violence in Baltimore City. The longtime executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore called it a statistical fact.

Church must band together to fight evil of human trafficking, pope says

May 25, 2024
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News

Catholics fighting against human trafficking must work together in order to be truly effective against this “odious” crime, Pope Francis told an international network of religious working against human trafficking.

Catholic aid group weighs in on House, Senate committees’ dueling farm bills

May 21, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News

Lawmakers on the House and Senate agriculture committees released differing frameworks for the 2024 farm bill, with one version praised by a Catholic aid group.

Despite economic interests, society must embrace social justice, pope says

May 8, 2024
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News

While the forces of a market economy may obstruct people from advancing social justice, society cannot remain mute in the face of unjust labor practices and exploitative economic structures, Pope Francis said.

Catholic Charities breaks ground on Intergenerational Center

April 26, 2024
By Nicole Olea
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice

The West Baltimore community celebrated a historic milestone April 25 as Archbishop William E Lori led a groundbreaking ceremony for Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s new Intergenerational Center.

Catholic Home Missions Appeal April 27-28 supports U.S. mission diocese, parishes

April 26, 2024
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, Social Justice, World News

Donations to the annual Catholic Home Missions Appeal “make a real impact on real people” by supporting pastoral ministry in U.S. mission territory and strengthening the church overall, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions.

New Florida law giving state sole authority on worker protections, wages called ‘inhumane’

April 25, 2024
By Jean Gonzalez
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News

A bill recently signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been described by a farmworker advocate as “inhumane” and draconian.

Passions flare as Supreme Court hears case with major impact on homelessness policy

April 23, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Supreme Court, World News

The Supreme Court on April 22 heard a case concerning the constitutionality of local laws that ban public camping and their impact on people who are homeless.

New café at Baltimore Basilica designed to encounter the poor

April 17, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice

Father Brendan Fitzgerald is convinced it’s just as important to evangelize people experiencing homelessness as it is any other person.

Social Ministry Convocation highlights need for ‘getting close and staying close’

April 15, 2024
By Nicole Olea
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice

Attendees of the Archdiocese of Baltimore April 13 Social Ministry Convocation were greeted by a poignant sight as they approached Calvert Hall College High School: a pathway lined with blue pinwheels gently spinning in the breeze.

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