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America Magazine
March 29, 2018
Everything you're hearing about Katy Perry and the L.A. Catholic sisters is probably wrong. Jim McDermott. 2. I came out as a gay, Catholic priest on the Feast of the Annunciation. Fred Daley. 3. “Where are the millennial Catholic activists?” We are right here. Mary Cunningham. 4. A Dreamer in med schoolÃâà...
PinkNews
March 29, 2018
Irish leader Leo Varadkar has said that same-sex couples shouldn't be excluded – ahead of a visit to Ireland by the Pope. Pope Francis is expected to visit Ireland in August to attend the World Meeting of Families event, a meeting of Catholic activists and preachers that is a keystone in the Church's globalÃâà...
America Magazine
March 26, 2018
In a recent article for America, Colleen Dulle asked, “Where are the millennial Catholic activists?” The question was prompted by the arrest on Feb. 27 of 40 Catholic leaders who had gathered in the U.S. Senate building to demand action to protect Dreamers, the undocumented immigrants who wereÃâà...
America Magazine
March 20, 2018
... hearing about Katy Perry and the L.A. Catholic sisters is probably wrong. Jim McDermott. 3. “Where are the millennial Catholic activists?” We are right here. Mary Cunningham. 4. Pope tells youth to 'cry out' at Palm Sunday Mass including school shooting survivors. Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service.
mySanAntonio.com
March 13, 2018
As with previous protest marches, internet, mobile data and phone messaging were cut across Congo early on Sunday. Security forces killed about a dozen civilians during two previous marches organised by Catholic activists since December. Media: Euronews. Their goal is to "fight against those who wantÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 6, 2018
The present report covers developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 5 January 2018 and is submitted pursuant to resolution 2348 (2017), in which the Security Council requested the Secretary-General to update it in writing every 45 days on political and technical progress and obstaclesÃâà...
America Magazine
March 2, 2018
In Signs of the Times, Catholic activists, including priests and sisters, were arrested on Capitol Hill this week as they voiced their support for Dreamers. Plus, why has the Catholic Church fought against attempts to extend the statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases? And why are the bishops in TexasÃâà...
Global Sisters Report (blog)
February 28, 2018
Catholic Day of Action for Dreamers draws hundreds of supporters. Catholic activists meet on the lawn of the Capitol to call for justice for immigrants during a National Catholic Day of Action with Dreamers rally on Feb. 27, 2018, in Washington. (NCR photo/Julie Bourbon). by Julie Bourbon. Feb. 28, 2018 in. Migration.
National Catholic Reporter
February 27, 2018
Catholic activists meet on the lawn of the Capitol to call for justice for immigrants during a National Catholic Day of Action with Dreamers rally on Feb. 27, 2018, in Washington. (NCR photo/Julie Bourbon). Washington — On a brilliantly sunny and warm day here, in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol dome, moreÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
February 27, 2018
Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese and other Catholic activists are arrested during a National Catholic Day of Action with Dreamers rally in the Capitol Rotunda on Feb. 27, 2018, in Washington. (RNS/Jack Jenkins). Update Feb. 27 2:30 p.m. CST: Fr. Thomas Reese was arrested with dozens of other CatholicsÃâà...
Catholic Culture
February 27, 2018
CWN Editor's Note: At least three people died on Sunday, February 25, in the latest round of anti-government protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The demonstrations have been coordinated by lay Catholic leaders, with the support of the nation's hierarchy. The above note supplements, highlightsÃâà...
Business Insider India
February 26, 2018
Demonstrators kneel and chant slogans during a protest organised by Catholic activists in Kinshasa, Democratic Reuters Demonstrators kneel and chant slogans during a protest organised by Catholic activists in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 21, 2018. Democratic Republic of Congo'sÃâà...
Business Insider
February 26, 2018
Demonstrators kneel and chant slogans during a protest organised by Catholic activists in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 21, 2018. Reuters. Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila has refused to relinquish power for more than a year, and the Catholic Church hasÃâà...
America Magazine
February 23, 2018
Hunger strikes remained an effective tactic for Irish Catholic activists throughout the 20th century, even as theologians and politicians debated their morality. It is not difficult to find websites or forums that claim (as catholicdoors.com puts it) that “to commit suicide through a hunger strike is a mortal sin thatÃâà...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
February 10, 2018
If anything, it skews a bit to what Europeans call the “center-left,” and actually was born as a home for progressive young Catholic activists in the 1960s inspired by many of the same energies that led others into socialism or various other revolutionary movements. Putting things that way, however, couldÃâà...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
December 31, 1999
NEW YORK - Just days after Pope Francis labeled sex trafficking as “criminal” and apologized for any Catholics who participated in it, the United States Congress has passed legislation that would allow prosecutors to go after websites that advertise for prostitutes - a move hailed by leading Catholic activistsÃâà...
America Magazine
December 31, 1999
When they were our age, young Catholic Boomers peacefully protested segregation and the Vietnam War until the Civil Rights Act was passed and both the war and selective service ended. When Roe v. Wade made abortion legal, some of the same Catholic activists turned their sights on fighting abortion.
