CELAM expresses closeness to Church in Nicaragua

The ecclesial body, representing the Churches of Latin America and the Caribbean, joins in expressing solidarity to the Church in Nicaragua as it faces growing harassment by the Sandinista regime. Read all  

24 members of Congress write Biden about Jesuit murders, Mexico violence

MEXICO CITY — U.S. members of Congress have sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to “work closely with the Mexican government to sure there is full accountability for the murders” of two Jesuits in their parish and a tour guide they were protecting. The Aug. 3 letter from 24 lawmakers — all […]

Congolese bishops offer dialogue after anti-U.N. protests

The secretary-general of the Congolese bishops’ conference offered his church’s help in rebuilding dialogue after dozens died in protests about the ineffectiveness of U.N. peacekeepers. “The international community seems quite ignorant about the scale of inhumanity here — why is it so silent and inactive?” said Msgr. Donatien Nshole Babula. “It doesn’t seem to understand […]

Australian legislation would allow territories to pass their own laws

CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian Parliament is considering legislation that would allow the country’s two territories to pass their own laws, paving the way for legalizing euthanasia. On Aug. 2, the House of Representatives passed the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022, which removes the risk of the federal government overriding the territories’ laws. The bill […]

Deacon Tom Cornell, longtime Catholic peacemaker and activist, dies at 88

NEW YORK — Deacon Tom Cornell, a co-founder of Pax Christi USA as well as the Catholic Peace Fellowship and a decadeslong associate of Catholic Worker co-founder Dorothy Day, died Aug. 1. He was 88. He died at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York, near Peter Maurin Farm in Marlboro, New York, where Cornell and […]

Stewardship and Catholic Farming

According to Genesis 1:29-30, God created the garden of Eden depicting the growth of plants and animals and forming humans as farmers to care for the soil. Then in John 15:1, Jesus tells people that His Father is a farmer, underscoring for life the importance and gravity of farming. After all, without God’s food raised […]