Catholic Economy

TAPACHULA, Mexico – Preparing for a 1,000-mile journey, hundreds of migrants gathered near the central plaza of this southern Mexican city and sang a song: “UNITED STATES! UNITED STATES!” Then they started to walk. Less than 24 hours later, Mexican National Guard troops and immigration officials descended on a municipal …

Heval Mohamed Kelli, 11, believed his family were going on vacation after crossing the Syrian border into Turkey in 1996, when his father paid smugglers to take them to safety in Germany. He was unaware at the time of the political persecutions his father, a lawyer, was facing in Syria …

Local charities are preparing to welcome 300 Afghan refugees in Nashville following the withdrawal of the US military from the country and its takeover by the Taliban. Catholic Charities of Tennessee and the Nashville International Center for Empowerment both have contracts with the US State Department to receive and assist …

On his way to be the first president of the Fifth Republic to visit the Catholic sanctuary of Lourdes in mid-July, Macron spoke of “the handful of rules that I made on Monday” July 12. The visit was part of his desire to garner the voices of the Catholic right, …

Based on data as of August 6, Toronto reported 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, for a total of 171,133 since the start of the pandemic; 24 of them are hospitalized (four new). A total of 3,611 people died (two new ones). A Toronto health network confirmed to CTV …

Captioned “Integrating Ecological and Economic Change”, this insightful talk was given at the National Network for Justice and Peace’s annual conference on July 24. Mark Rotherham is a Lancaster-based film and media producer with extensive experience teaching ecology. He works closely with the Lee House Center for Mission Awareness in …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Catholic Church’s advocacy for debt relief is primarily aimed at enabling countries with high debt abroad to provide for their populations, but the COVID-19 Commission of The Vatican is also concerned that families are teetering with the burden of debt. In fact, the commission’s economics …

Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, seen here in September 2013, passed away on August 5 at the age of 72. Trumka, a Catholic, had been president of the 12.5 million members of the AFL-CIO since 2009. (CNS photo / Kevork Djansezian, Reuters) Washington – Richard Trumka, 72, president of the …

ICN / JS image Source: A Rocha With just 100 days to go to COP26 – the critical international climate negotiations that the UK government will host and chair in Glasgow in November – a broad coalition of Christian denominations and charities is calling on all churches to hold a …

Cincinnati will have a moment in the national spotlight on Wednesday as President Joe Biden travels to host a town hall with CNN. The trip will be Biden’s first to Cincinnati and his third trip to Ohio since taking office. Don’t know what to expect? Here’s all we know. When …