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Panel: Reconciliation, justice go hand in hand on global, personal levels
The need to seek justice and the need to reconcile oneself with the person they've harmed, or who has harmed them, has become one of the more intriguing concepts not only with personal dealings but on the world stage as well.
Creative cuisine lessons help whip up self-reliant seminarians
While most of the classes at this southern Indiana seminary focus on spiritual and intellectual formation, a one-day cooking class on Jan. 18 aimed to help these future-priests function as whole -- and wholesome -- human beings.
Catholic leaders discuss what’s needed to heal church in crisis
Permanent solutions to the church's "twin crises" of sexual abuse and leadership will require more lay participation -- including people "without influence and without connections" -- said speakers at two recent forums.
Opioids claiming lives and affecting many others, say panelists
Many of those attending a Feb. 3 workshop on the opioid crisis at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington told personal stories of pain and loss as opioids collided with their lives.
U.S. priest laicized for child abuse in East Timor; police investigate
After accusations of sex abuse, the Vatican has laicized American Richard Daschbach, a former Divine Word missionary who ran orphanages in East Timor for 27 years.
Immigrants seen as making their mark in their new homes
An immigrant-dominated panel Feb. 3 at the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington showed immigrants seizing educational and professional opportunities that they would have had little hope of finding in their home countries.
Community land trusts a possible answer for escalating housing costs
Based on a concept developed by Mahatma Gandhi in India, these kinds of land trusts were originally designed to allow black farmers to pool their resources to own the land they farmed rather than work as sharecroppers.
To end racism tomorrow, confront the past today, panelist says
The panel was an outgrowth of the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter against racism issued in November, "Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love."
Catholic Charities USA leaders outline immediate, long-term goals
Catholic Charities is in the midst of a five-year strategic plan to more sharply identify areas where it believes it can make a difference, said Brian Corbin, executive vice president of member services.
‘What I do is no different than what you do,’ says award-winning nun
Sister Pimentel was given the Sister Margaret Cafferty Development of Peoples Award by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Feb. 2 in Washington.