A meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is buoying the outlook of religious leaders that a balanced global economic response to the coronavirus pandemic will ease the challenges facing developing countries struggling through a deep recession.
Religious, labor leaders optimistic after meeting with treasury secretary
Easter church attendance likely to be far behind pre-pandemic levels
According to Pew Research Center, only 3% of Catholic churches in the United States are open and having Mass as they had before the pandemic.
New documentary recounts story of Scheidler’s nearly 30-year court battle
The documentary “Fighting for Life: The Story of NOW v. Scheidler” depicts his decades-long legal battle for the pro-life movement’s right to protest outside of abortion clinics is debuting March 22 on EWTN.
El Papa pide a los católicos que ‘vayan con José’, busquen su guía, dice el arzobispo
En San José, “vemos nuestra historia”, dijo el arzobispo de Los Ángeles, José H. Gómez, el 19 de marzo, la fiesta del esposo de María y el padre adoptivo de Jesús.
Shareholders push companies on racial justice, equity in vaccine access
Investors in the Racial Justice Investing Coalition in June released a “Statement of Solidarity” in which they pledged accountability and action to dismantle systemic racism and promote racial equity and justice.
U.S. cardinal sends needed gift to nuns in Havana: A host-making machine
A year after his visit to Cuba, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan gave the Carmelite community a new machine to make hosts after they asked for help getting an old one fixed.
‘Francis Factor’ still resonates eight years into his papacy
The qualities embodied in Pope Francis’ papacy that led to the coinage of the term “Francis Factor” to define them still exist, according to participants on a panel during a March 18 dialogue.
Aquinas in Appalachia: Bluegrass-picking priest explains genre’s appeal
“I play this guitar most days in my office looking out at the Roman Forum that’s 2,700 years-old,” said U.S.-born, Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White.