Farmworker Awareness Week Aims to Highlight Work, Raise Understanding of Issues
March 27, 2023
National Farmworker Awareness Week — March 25 through April 1 this year — is an attempt to not only raise...
Carol Zimmermann
Human Composting Does Not Show Proper Respect for Bodies of Dead, U.S. Bishops Say
March 24, 2023
A U.S. bishops’ committee said they oppose recent alternatives for human burial and traditional cremation, contending they “fail to satisfy...
Oklahoma Dioceses Hoping for Green Light on First U.S. Religious Charter School
March 23, 2023
An Oklahoma school board vote, postponed on March 21 and set to take place sometime before the end of April,...
Priest Poets Extolled Nature’s Beauty, Plumbed Depths of Spiritual Struggles
March 22, 2023
When people say they went through a “dark night of the soul,” it’s pretty much a given that they’re talking...
Catholic Immigration Advocates Protest Biden Administration’s Asylum Policies
March 22, 2023
Catholic leaders joined immigration advocates and representatives from other faiths on March 21 to protest at the U.S-Mexico border in...
South Carolina Bill Criminalizing Women for Having Abortions Loses Support
March 22, 2023
A South Carolina abortion measure introduced by Republican legislators in January has received a lot of attention for saying the...
Sister Jean’s New Memoir Shoots Straight About Faith, Basketball
March 15, 2023
On March 13, the day before the 2023 NCAA men’s Division I basketball tournament officially tipped off, Sister Jean Dolores...
Federal Judge Hears Arguments Challenging FDA’s Approval of Abortion Pill
March 15, 2023
A federal judge in Texas was hearing arguments on March 15 challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone,...
Jury Rejects Death Penalty for NYC Bike Path Terrorist
March 14, 2023
Sayfullo Saipov, convicted of killing eight people by driving a truck on a New York City bike path in 2017,...
Pontiff Continues Challenging Catholics to Live Out Gospel
March 8, 2023
In the days leading up to the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate on March 13, many people have been...