Bishops decry workers’ low pay, erratic shifts, weak protections: ‘It does not have to be this way’ September 2, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Labor Day marks a time to “recommit ourselves to building together a society that honors the human dignity of all who labor,” said two Catholic bishops in a joint statement ahead of the Sept. 2 national civic holiday.
‘We are women of steel,’ LCWR honoree tells fellow women religious at assembly August 29, 2024By Dan Stockman OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vocations, World News Sister Nancy Schreck has worked with congregations of women religious across the country and around the world, spent years in high school classrooms, and ministered for decades with other sisters in rural Mississippi, and after all that experience she has this to say about Catholic sisters: “We are women of steel.”
LCWR assembly invites sisters to become ‘catalyst for social transformation’ August 28, 2024By Dan Stockman OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vocations, World News However religious life evolves, whatever new religious life emerges, consecrated women will continue to answer God’s call with a courageous “YES,” sisters heard during the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
Archdiocese of Baltimore’s second gun buyback a success August 12, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News, Social Justice The Archdiocese of Baltimore collected more than 280 guns, including handguns, rifles and semi-automatics, during its second annual gun buyback event Aug. 10 in West Baltimore.
NYC Catholic high school students to make mission trip to Maryland First Fruits Farm ministry August 2, 2024By Armando Machado OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Social Justice Twenty-nine rising sophomores at Xavier High School in New York City will soon embark on an ecumenical mission trip with First Fruits Farm ministry in Freeland, Maryland.
Senate fails to advance bipartisan tax bill with poverty-fighting child tax credit August 2, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 failed to advance a bill that would have expanded the child tax credit, a provision some Catholic organizations have long sought as a pro-family and anti-poverty effort.
Ministry helps congress attendees ‘encounter the face of the poor’ in Indy July 31, 2024By Natalie Hoefer OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, Social Justice, World News The ministry was present at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis on July 17-21, offering “street walk” opportunities for attendees to bring Christ’s love to the city’s homeless.
USCCB backs legislation that aims to help religious groups develop affordable housing July 30, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Social Justice, U.S. Congress Legislation under consideration in Congress would help faith-based organizations respond to a shortage in affordable housing by easing restrictions on the use of their land to develop affordable housing, supporters say.
‘Mission-driven’ Catholic credit unions give members a critical financial lifeline July 14, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Popes past and present — including Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI, St. John Paul II, St. Paul VI, St. John XXIII and Pope Pius XII — have championed credit unions.
La. governor cuts $1 million to Catholic Charities homeless shelter over church’s care for migrants July 10, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Social Justice, World News Drastic cuts in state funding for a Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter operations in Louisiana over the wider Catholic Church’s ministry to migrants have dealt a significant blow to the church’s ability to care for area residents experiencing homelessness, including veterans.
Pope: Indifference is a ‘cancer of democracy’ July 8, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Catholics are called to be active participants in political life and be a force against the decline of democracy worldwide, Pope Francis said.
U.S. bishops discuss anti-poverty arm, pastoral frameworks, groundbreaking proposals at spring meeting June 17, 2024By Peter Jesserer Smith OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Gathered in Louisville for their spring plenary assembly, the U.S. bishops’ June 12-14 meeting saw a mix of important matters discussed — with some unexpected twists and moments of robust discussion — starting with how the bishops would continue to address the scourge of poverty in the U.S. and ending with a view to the future for the National Eucharistic Revival.
