Spicer reiterated the bishops’ call for “humane, community-based alternatives” to family detention following the recent release of a 5-year-old from Minnesota from a Texas family detention facility ...

During the 1980s, John Carr served as the Secretary of Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of Washington, working with the archbishop then, Cardinal James Hickey, as the archdiocese greatly expanded ...

Catholic Charities has released its 2025 report to the Western New York community, highlighting the work it has accomplished while dealing with changes in funding and client needs. “Last year wasn’t ...

American Catholicism has plenty of progressive touchstones, from Dorothy Day’s Catholic Workers movement to Cesar Chavez’s ...

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Tom Cummings spent three years “couch surfing” and sleeping in the woods of Scranton, using any drug offered to him and doubting he would ever catch a break. Today, the 48-year-old Scranton man’s ...

A San Antonian with years of experience in non-profit leadership will take the helm at Catholic Charities, the Archdiocese of San Antonio’s wide-ranging relief organization. Ada Saenz was selected as ...

Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton received a $10,000 First Federal Charitable Foundation grant to fund upgrades to the St. Joseph’s Food Pantry. Catholic Social Services has ...

Ada Saenz will now lead the largest catholic social services agency in the city. Department of Labor under fire for language similar to Nazi slogan Wall Street is suddenly on the defensive with the ...

Russell Shaw, an esteemed veteran of Catholic media and communications whose career spanned more than six decades, died the morning of Jan. 6 at the age of 90. A prolific author and commentator, Shaw ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Office of Citizenship Assistance, which opened in Anchorage nearly a year ago to help immigrants access job training, language classes and other local resources, ...