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They’re telling it on the mountaintop 22 Aug 2013 | 11:38 pm
Since the Supreme Court struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act earlier this summer, several states have moved to enact onerous new voting restrictions. Nowhere was the resulting legislati...
Catholic Bishop Chides ‘Pro-Life’ Groups: “Merely Anti-Abortion” 10 Aug 2013 | 02:14 am
Catholic progressives are used to feeling the heat from some bishops who give the impression that abortion is the only life issue. It’s not every day that you hear a Catholic bishop directly challenge...
No rest during recess 2 Aug 2013 | 02:07 am
Last Saturday, my friend Troy Jackson of Ohio Prophetic Voices and fellow Ohio clergy led a 500-person march to House Speaker John Boehner’s office in Springfield, Ohio, to call on the Speaker to pass...
Catholic leaders condemn Steve King’s hateful rhetoric 30 Jul 2013 | 02:54 am
Rep. Steve King (R-IA), a Catholic, revealed the ignorance and prejudice behind his anti-immigrant policy stances (again) last week, saying about DREAMers, “For every one who’s a valedictorian, there’...
Confronting injustice in North Carolina 26 Jul 2013 | 08:18 pm
Several of my colleagues at Faith in Public Life made a pilgrimage to this week’s Moral Monday demonstration at the North Carolina state capitol, where they found a moving display of the faith communi...
Miscarriage of justice in Florida 19 Jul 2013 | 02:25 am
It’s outrageous and heartbreaking that George Zimmerman was not held accountable for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin at point-blank range. This injustice affected Americans so deeply because it emblem...
93 Catholic University Presidents to House: Pass a Path to Citizenship 18 Jul 2013 | 11:40 pm
Prominent Catholic university presidents urged Catholics in the House of Representatives today to stop delaying and pass comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship. The high-profile p...
Report: How “Catholic McCarthyism” Hurts Effective Anti-Poverty Efforts 11 Jun 2013 | 11:29 pm
A Faith in Public Life report released today documents how a network of conservative Catholic organizations is targeting effective social justice initiatives funded by the U.S. bishops’ national anti-...
NETWORK’s Nuns on the Bus” Arrive in Texas during 15-State Tour 8 Jun 2013 | 02:27 am
From June 8th to June 11th, NETWORK’s “Nuns on the Bus” will rally with Texas people of faith, labor leaders, and immigration activists at events across the lone star state to urge lawmakers, includin...
Ruth’s Journey: Building Communi-TEA 1 May 2013 | 11:15 pm
Last week, 150 people gathered in Durham, North Carolina, for Ruth's Journey: Building Communi-TEA, a one-of-a-kind interfaith tea and dialogue where local women of remarkably diverse backgrounds disc...
