Maria Benevento

The latest news on active nonviolence: Activists to protest president's meeting with Saudi crown prince; Bipartisan Congressional panel formed to discuss second chances for ex-prisoners

Virginia Sloyan, a writer and editor who for decades produced materials to help the Catholic Church implement liturgical changes after the Second Vatican Council, died March 11 at age 87.

The latest news on active nonviolence: Symposium held to celebrate 75th anniversary of founding of Koinoia Farm; Pax Christi Metro New York to honor Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sullivan; Immigration demonstrations scheduled

Faced with the attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Kansas Missouri Dream Alliance partnered with other organizations to lead a Dream Act Now demonstration March 2 to promote protection for Dreamers. 

The latest news on active nonviolence: Poor People's Campaign rallies for anniversary of "Bloody Sunday"; British priest faces imprisonment for failing to pay damage fines; young people are mobilizing for March 24 anti-gun violence action; new ways to fight the death penalty and its effects

The latest news on active nonviolence: Settlement reached in dispute over closing homeless camp; Working People's Day of Action; colleges overlook suspensions for activism; prayer service at border

Updated: A Spanish priest on Scicluna's team will temporarily take the place of the Malta archbishop, who was hospitalized while in Chile to investigate accusations of abuse cover-up.

The latest news on active nonviolence: Ignatian Solidarity Network mobilizes on Valentine's Day; nuclear war protests in the U.K.; boycotting banks that fund private prisons detaining migrants

Catholic leaders decried the Senate's rejection of compromise legislation to protect Dreamers, and the role that the Trump administration played in discouraging consensus.

The possible new rule would change the guidelines for determining that an immigrant applying for an extended stay or lawful permanent residence from inside the U.S. is unlikely to become a "public charge." 

Catholic advocates oppose efforts to make anti-immigrant measures a condition of protecting people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status and are working to promote comprehensive immigration reform that is in accord with Catholic social teaching. 

The latest news on active nonviolence: Orange County Catholic Worker and seven homeless people sue to stop shutdown of homeless camp; mother seeks sanctuary; "40 Days of Moral Action."

Religious Life: There is no such thing as a typical day's work for people who coordinate the justice, peace and ecology ministries of male religious orders.

The latest news on active nonviolence: Learn to move from awareness to prevention this human trafficking week; Orange County Catholic worker files suit on behalf of about 1,000 homeless; anti-drone vigil at Beale marks success

While the Department of Homeland Security renewed Syria's temporary protected status, Syrian immigrants and their allies are concerned by DHS' failure to designate the country as protected.

National Catholic Schools Week: City Connects model of placing a full-time coordinator in schools to identify the strengths and needs of each child and connect him or her with services provided by community partners has had well-documented success.

Advocates for victims of sexual abuse by clergy have welcomed the Vatican's sending a delegate to Chile to look into claims of a cover-up there, but they also wonder why it took the pope so long to make the move. 

The latest news on active nonviolence: Franciscan Action Network and others rally against travel ban; Scalabrini migration study finds 2.2 million residents would be Dream Act-eligible; Indonesians find sanctuary in a Reformed Church; berry farm lawsuit filed on behalf of workers

Juan Carlos Cruz is still speaking out about  abuse he suffered from a Chilean priest — and about cover-up by church leaders there, despite the pope's accusations that abuse survivors are guilty of "calumny."

The latest news on active nonviolence: Immigration is a pro-life issue, too; a Methodist church offers sanctuary to an Albanian immigrant with temporary protected status; Hildegard House Catholic Workers headed to protest the Enbridge pipeline