“Nonviolence created the pressure that caused the grape boycott to work,” says Jerry Cohen, who represented the United Farm Workers for nearly a decade and worked closely with Cesar Chavez.
Spring Hill College, located in Mobile, Ala., volunteered to shelter 150 students who were displaced in the wake of Hurricane Ida from Loyola University New Orleans—a sister Jesuit school.
While recognizing that the U.S. economy has improved somewhat, a statement from the U.S. bishops addressed higher levels of poverty that have resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The preparation process and the 2023 Synod have the potential to revolutionize the way decisions are made in the Catholic Church and promote a more decentralized structure of authority.
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy nearly 50 years ago, despite a Vatican investigation that determined he sexually abused minors as well as adults.
Hyperglobalization means cheap goods delivered fast. It also has implications for labor conditions, economic inequality and the environment, all of which we can no longer ignore.