Franciscan Action Network

U.S. Church leaders weigh in on Amazon synod days before it opens
- Amazon synod, Church in the US
- Oct 4, 2019
Focus on the Amazon’s indigenous stirs controversy among U.S. Catholic groups.
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Catholics join faith leaders gathered to remember child deaths at border
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- May 24, 2019
Jesus would be “indignant” and hold accountable those responsible for the deaths of at least five migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border, said Sister Marie Lucey of the Franciscan Action Network, one of several faith leaders who on May 23 participated in a vigil to remember the young migrants.
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Catholic, other faith groups pledge solidarity all seeking asylum in U.S.
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Nov 22, 2018
Over 3,000 Catholics and other people of faith signed a pledge Nov. 19 to express solidarity with all those seeking asylum in the United States and “promising to be good neighbors to those seeking refuge in our community and to build a community where all are welcome.”
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Catholic groups ask for humane treatment of migrants heading for border
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 27, 2018
As a group from Central America heads to the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the Trump administration is said to be getting ready to send troops to meet them, and Catholic groups are asking that the migrants be treated humanely.
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Catholics join other Christians in calling for admitting more refugees
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 14, 2018
Christians in the U.S. have taken the Trump administration to task for a dramatic drop in the numbers of persecuted Christian and other refugees being admitted into the country, even though administration officials promised last year to help.
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Fifty years after MLK sent poor to Washington, Catholics join his fight
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jun 17, 2018
Catholics join the renewed movement called the Poor People’s Campaign which was started by Martin Luther King Jr.
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