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Catholic social teaching demands a firm stance on Palestine
2+ week, 1+ day ago (261+ words) As we write in the following excerpt from our forthcoming book, Palestine, Israel, and Catholic Social Teaching: A Guide (Orbis Books), the core tenets of our faith compel us, as American Catholics, to pay attention to Israel-Palestine, to advocate for…...
Care for the poor means addressing America’s air quality problem
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (540+ words) U.S. Catholic The American Lung Association (ALA) in April released its annual report card assessing the air that we breathe and found much to be concerned about. The ALA analysis raises serious concerns about the nation’s trajectory on air quality....
Meet the Catholic mom organizing for immigrant advocacy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (823+ words) Katie Holler calls motherhood a “transformative experience.” It inspired her to found the Dorothea Project, a group of Catholic women pushing Catholic clergy and laypeople to do more to protect immigrants. Now 28, Holler has a 3-year-old son, Teddy, and a…...
Hollywood politics create barriers to sharing Palestinian stories
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (189+ words) Meanwhile, several Arab filmmakers have been busy trying to put the Palestinian story on the big screen. That work bore fruit last December, when three of the 15 movies on the shortlist for the Academy Awards’ Best International Feature told Palestinian…...
Crossing the border: One migrant’s story of hope and resilience
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (436+ words) Leonel Palacios had a dream. Applicants had to be living in northern or central Mexico and had to check the app daily. The wait for an appointment usually stretched to several months, but it worked well until Trump canceled the…...
The fate of a soccer field points to the reality of life on the West Bank
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (301+ words) In the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Palestinian children are using a small piece of land as a soccer field. The location—against a looming wall that separates Israeli settlers from West Bank Palestinians—is not ideal, but there aren’t…...
You can tell a lot about a culture by how it treats minorities
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (525+ words) I will never forget the deep joy I felt while I was a student at the University of Notre Dame, when four young women from Nigeria celebrated their graduation in 2023. Two were Christian, and two were Muslim, and all four…...
Pittsburgh advocacy groups use rapid response to stop ICE raids
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (698+ words) When Gretchen Jezerc learned of ICE raids ramping up in her hometown of Pittsburgh, she knew she had to do something. Along with thousands of others, she signed up for a local training to observe—and when possible, prevent—neighbors…...
As war with Iran escalates, has the U.S. measured the cost?
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (547+ words) The cost of war is great, and its deadly ramifications can last for generations, even after the conflict has subsided. The day before the United States and Israel launched a joint military campaign over Iran, which, in its first days,…...
U.S. strikes on Caribbean boats violate pro-life principles
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (320+ words) Since September 2025, the United States has been authorizing drone strikes on people operating small boats from Venezuela and Colombia. These strikes have destroyed over 20 boats and killed more than 80 people in Latin America and the Caribbean. Additionally, it appears some…...