Each year, the USCCB and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) implore Congress to assess budget decisions using three criteria: protection of human life and dignity, impact on the most vulnerable, and advancement of the ...
The Love Thy Neighbor Committee recently completed a book study with about eighteen people attending. The book we read was "Building A Bridge" by James Martin, SJ. In his book, Father Martin asks Catholics and ...
In observance of our nation’s 250th anniversary, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has developed a national prayer service, “Honoring the Many Journeys that Shaped America,” that can be...
We are once again being asked by the organization, Feeding America, to urge Congress to fully fund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the federal budget. Grocery prices are up 32% since 2019 and child care is up 40% since 2017. Right now, too many families are ...
June is gun violence awareness month. According to the Archdiocesan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention, in Missouri nearly 1400 people die by guns every year, the fourth highest rate of gun violence in the country. More than...
June 20, 2026, is World Refugee Day, observed across the world to honor the strength, resilience and courage of those forced to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or violence and to recommit to protecting the rights, safety and dignity of refugees. This year’s theme is, “Until Everyone Is Safe.” 2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, the international agreement that protects the rights of refugees and affirms the right to seek...
Did you know that, according to Feeding America, more than 700,000 seniors would lose access to nutritious monthly food boxes through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) under the proposed federal budget for...
Network, a lobbying group for Catholic social justice founded in 1972 by a group of Catholic women religious, has expressed deep concern regarding the recent voting rights decision by the Supreme Court (Louisiana v. Callais), decrying the weakening of critical voting rights and protections fought for for...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
The psalmist reminds us that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” within the sacred mystery of our mother’s womb (Psalm 139). Our existence is ...
A year ago, the USCCB Committee on Migration asked the House of Representatives to pass H.R.1144 in support of reauthorizing prevention and protection for victims of human trafficking. The preceding two ...
The Seeds of Justice Network has issued a thoughtful reflection on tensions between Pope Leo and the Trump administration which have sparked an important question for people of faith: What do we do when politics...
Information from Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice informs us that rescission of protection for “sensitive locations” in immigration enforcement (January, 2025) has led to fear among many people that they cannot safely go to ...
God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters-What will be our answer, my dear friends”
Pope Leo XIV
Our nations first Earth Day was founded on ...
Construction of data centers has been in our local news lately, as communities struggle with the wisdom of allowing them within their boundaries. Information from the Southern Environmental Law Center reveals...
At the end of January, the Cardinal Archbishops of Chicago, Washington, DC, and Newark issued a joint statement on the morality of U.S. foreign policy, measuring it against the principles set forth by Pope Leo XIV in his address to the diplomatic corps assigned to the Holy See. They asserted that...
As we continue to travel on the Lenten journey toward Easter, let us pray this powerful prayer for environmental justice provided by Network, an organization that lobbies for Catholic social justice: “God of humanity, open our eyes to the rightful priority of ...
The Seeds of Justice Network has shared this inspiring invitation for Lent from Pope Leo XIV. “I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form of abstinence: that of refraining from words that ...