Shareholders push companies on racial justice, equity in vaccine access
The events of the past 12 months are shaping shareholder advocacy and action as the corporate annual meeting season nears.
Lack of clean water puts billions at risk during pandemic, Vatican says
More investment and action are needed to ensure people have access to clean and safe water for drinking and sanitation, said the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Serving the suffering is serving the crucified Christ, pope says
Contemplating how Jesus suffered and died to save each human being should motivate an awe that translates into loving care for anyone who is suffering, Pope Francis said.
Critics of new HHS head raise concerns over abortion, religious liberty
Once he is sworn in, Xavier Becerra, California's former attorney general and a former member of Congress, becomes the first Latino to be secretary of the U.S. Department of health and Human Services.
‘Francis Factor’ still resonates eight years into his papacy
The qualities embodied in Pope Francis' papacy that led to the coinage of the term "Francis Factor" to define them still exist, according to participants on a panel during a March 18 dialogue.
Pope asks Catholics to ‘go to Joseph,’ seek his guidance, says archbishop
In St. Joseph, "we see our story," Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said March 19, the feast of the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus.
Pope elevates Ireland’s national Knock Shrine to international status
Pope Francis has elevated the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock to the status of an International Shrine of Eucharistic and Marian Devotion.
Cardinal, imam hold dialogue as follow-up to pope’s meeting with ayatollah
With personal warmth paired with the careful phrasing of diplomats, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory and Imam Sayyid M. B. Kashmiri, a representative of Shiite Muslims in North America, held a dialogue on Christian-Muslim relations March 17.
Josephite order elated by year dedicated to St. Joseph proclaimed by pope
For the 50-plus years Father Donald Fest has been a Josephite, he has watched his Baltimore-based religious community unsuccessfully petition the Vatican to declare a universal Year of St. Joseph.
Ministry to families must meet their real needs, pope says
The Catholic Church cannot claim to safeguard marriage and family life if it simply repeats its traditional teaching without supporting, encouraging and caring for real families, especially when they struggle to live up to that teaching, Pope Francis said.
