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A man sits on a snowy street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In January, the city of Toronto began collecting data for the first time on deaths among its homeless population. (Photo via iStock)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Frustrations are hard to hide at a vigil for the homeless in Toronto
Dean Dettloff
Every month a group gathers at Holy Trinity Church to hold a vigil for those who have died homeless in Toronto.
Pope Francis greets bishops as he arrives at Bozzolo, near Cremona, northern Italy, to pray at the tomb of Don Primo Mazzolari, on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Pope Francis is making a pilgrimage to northern Italy to honor two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
FaithNews
Pope honors 'rebel' priests censured by the Vatican for their commitment to the poor
Nicole Winfield - Associated PressAntonio Calanni - Associated Press
Pope Francis made the pilgrimage to honor two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican.
FaithFaith in Focus
Meet the missionaries who are living the ‘Ignatius option’
Nathan W. O'Halloran, S.J.
The motivation for withdrawal in the Ignatius option is formation for mission rather than countercultural resistance.
Barrett Duke, chair of the Southern Baptist Convention’s 2017 Resolutions Committee, listens to the Rev. Dwight McKissic, original drafter of a resolution criticizing the “alt-right” movement and white supremacy that was adopted on June 14, 2017. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
FaithNews
Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy, after declining to comment before
Adelle Banks - Religion News Service
The group called it “antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
A year after Orlando shooting, Catholic mother uses advocacy to honor slain son
Olga Segura
Maria Wright lost her son, 31-year-old Jerald A. Wright, during the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting.
Pope Francis greets an elderly woman as he meets with people in a poor neighborhood in Asuncion, Paraguay, in this July 12, 2015, file photo. Pastoral care of the poor and those in need has been emphasis of the pontificate of Pope Francis. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyNews
Empty words do not help the poor, Pope Francis says in World Day of the Poor message
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
People cannot sit back and be indifferent or unresponsive to growing poverty in the world as a privileged minority accumulates "ostentatious wealth," Pope Francis said.
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