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  • Pope sees MLK’s plea to love, nonviolence as remedy to modern turmoil

    Pope sees MLK’s plea to love, nonviolence as remedy to modern turmoil

    • Jan 18, 2021

    Amid a modern social and political climate laced with historic levels of vitriol and division, legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. offers a message that also hits close to home for Pope Francis.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Elderly Indian Jesuit says training, work helped him cope in jail

    Elderly Indian Jesuit says training, work helped him cope in jail

    • Nov 23, 2020

    An elderly Jesuit priest struggling in an Indian jail with ill health says he still finds happiness in listening to the stories of other inmates and credits his congregation for the training that helps him cope with his situation.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Catholic leaders in India condemn arrest of Jesuit human rights activist

    Catholic leaders in India condemn arrest of Jesuit human rights activist

    • Oct 12, 2020

    Catholic leaders in India are protesting the arrest on Friday of 83-year-old Jesuit Father Stan Swamy on charges of collaboration with Marxist militants.

    By Nirmala Carvalho
  • Pope sends message to Argentine slum priests sick with coronavirus

    Pope sends message to Argentine slum priests sick with coronavirus

    • Jul 10, 2020

    Pope Francis has sent a short video to a group of priests serving in Argentina’s slums ensuring them of his prayers for three members of the community who are currently infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Activist ordered to pay restitution for naval base damage during protest

    Activist ordered to pay restitution for naval base damage during protest

    • Jun 9, 2020

    One of the seven Catholic peace activists convicted on charges related to entering a naval base in southeastern Georgia and symbolically damaging weapons systems will not return to prison for her role in the protest.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Pandemic is time to consider ‘universal basic wage,’ pope says

    Pandemic is time to consider ‘universal basic wage,’ pope says

    • Apr 13, 2020

    Writing to social movements, including organized groups of casual laborers, Pope Francis said the COVID-19 pandemic should give rise to consideration of “a universal basic wage” to guarantee people have the minimum they need to live and support their families.

    By Cindy Wooden
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