Columnist: Hannah Hiester
IT’S WORKING: Nashville Catholic Charities Announces Layoffs Due To Federal Funding Cuts
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, announced May 21 that it has been forced to lay off 51 staff members in the wake of the Trump administration’s federal ...
Let The Great Purge Begin: Catholic Charities of Houston Lays-Off 120 Employees
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas recently laid off nearly one-quarter of its employees following President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) ...
Louisiana Bishops Promise Advocacy for Immigrants
Bishops from dioceses in Louisiana stated in a pastoral letter Jan. 17 that they will advocate for immigrants’ “just treatment and dignity within the framework of the law,” and they ...
Jesuit ‘Catholic ’University Students Protest Pro-Life Demonstration
Students at Loyola University Chicago, a Catholic Jesuit school, protested a pro-life demonstration on campus Nov. 22 and expressed their support of abortion. Loyola’s student newspaper, The Loyola Phoenix, reported ...
Oklahoma City Archbishop Criticizes State’s New Illegal Immigration Bill
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City released a statement on April 23 criticizing an anti-illegal immigration bill that he says unnecessarily criminalizes honest people. “According to ...
Catholic Convert Says Same-Sex Attracted People Need to Hear ‘The Hard Truth’
“To diminish God’s word is to undermine what God is capable of doing,” recent Catholic convert Nancy Charles posted on X, challenging Catholics who propose a more “accepting” outreach to ...
Panelists Sidestep Apostolic Tradition Question at Synod Press Briefing
Two Synod participants sidestepped a question about the importance of apostolic tradition and divine revelation during Monday’s Vatican press briefing, choosing instead to emphasize “synodality” and “listening.” Fr. Vimal Tirimanna, ...