White Man Bad

BOSTON, Mass. (ChurchMilitant.com) – A global investment firm is trading white men for a so-called diversified workforce. Jess McNicholas State Street Global Advisors, or SSGA, is threatening to lower bonuses for company executives if they don’t hire more women and minority applicants. The Boston-based company is pushing to triple the number of Black, Asian and minority staff […]

Poland Under Siege

WARSAW, Poland (ChurchMilitant.com) – Poland is defending its border with Belarus against thousands of migrants driven there by Alexander Lukashenko’s Soviet-style government in Minsk. Poland’s migrant crisis bordering Belarus Polish officials estimated as many as 4,000 Middle Eastern and African migrants are gathered in camps near the Polish border town of Kuźnica. Polish border guards, soldiers and police […]

Divided court considers role of chaplains in the execution chamber

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court’s consideration of spiritual advisers praying aloud with death-row inmates or placing hands on them in prayer during executions faced an uphill battle Nov. 9 as some of the justices questioned if this would open up other requests or could impose a safety risk. “This suggests we can look forward […]

Altar bread-baking sister hopes Communion discussion prompts understanding

LANGHORNE, Pa. (CNS) — Holy Communion — so sacred and central to the Catholic faith — has simple beginnings with the religious sisters around the country who make these altar breads both as a ministry and a means to support themselves. At the Monastery of St. Clare in Langhorne, the sisters have been baking altar […]