Vatican officials' responses to the Dobbs case primarily emphasize that opposition to abortion is only one facet of the Catholic Church's pro-life stance.
Panelists at a virtual roundtable at Loyola University Chicago said that, in a post-pandemic world, creating what Pope Francis calls an "economy of care" requires rethinking the nature of work.
An increasing number of U.S. Catholic colleges and universities have required students to get the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus. But some major Catholic institutions have not, including the Catholic University of America.
Dejah Powell radiates passion when she speaks about the Sunrise Movement and the work she and other young people are doing to press for action on climate change and fight for a Green New Deal.
After the pandemic prevented last year's conference, Loyola Chicago's School of Environmental Sustainability returned with a virtual meeting this year on the theme of "Accompanying Youth to a Hope-filled Future."
At Catholic colleges across the U.S., students, faculty and staff have called for their institutions to confront racism, by cutting ties with local police departments and reforming their campus security.
The new program hosted by four Jesuit universities invites older adults to learn about the global Jesuit network as they enter the "second stage of life" guided by the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius.
Jesuit Father John P. Langan, who became a respected expert on the Catholic Church's teaching on the just-war tradition and Christian ethics throughout nearly 40 years as a professor, died March 20 at age 79.
