• Sanders to attend Vatican conference before New York primary

    Sanders to attend Vatican conference before New York primary

    Apr 08, 2016 04:35 PM EST

    ... with the pope during his trip. The meeting will mark the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's encyclical Centesimus Annus, a high-level teaching document which advocated for economic and social justice and environmental sustainability. Sanders will be speaking at the conference of the Pontifical Academy of Social ...

  • Why Americans are so divided over teaching critical race theory

    Why Americans are so divided over teaching critical race theory

    Jun 24, 2021 10:25 PM EST

    ... Jalaya Liles Dunn, Director, Learning for Justice: When I hear the talk of critical race theory, I immediately get a signal as an alarming system for me, because it is a misrepresentation and misuse of the word. Amna Nawaz: Jalaya Liles Dunn is the director of Learning for Justice, which ...

  • What Pope Leo XIV's election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

    What Pope Leo XIV's election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

    May 08, 2025 10:53 PM EST

    ... the world seems -- world government seem to be just not caring anymore about what's happening. And so he has to be a prophetic voice for peace, for justice, for the disenfranchised, for protecting the environment. And then he's got to look at his own church. In the north ...

  • Americans reflect on end of slavery for Juneteenth

    Americans reflect on end of slavery for Juneteenth

    Jun 19, 2023 01:25 PM EST

    ... Catholic church in Detroit devoted its service to urging parishioners to take a deeper look at the lessons from the holiday. “In order to have justice we must work for peace. And in order to have peace we must work for justice,” John Thorne, executive director of the Detroit Catholic ...

  • Religious leaders file lawsuit to block Missouri's abortion ban

    Religious leaders file lawsuit to block Missouri's abortion ban

    Jan 19, 2023 07:55 PM EST

    ... new majority to approve anti-abortion measures In Indiana, lawyers for five anonymous women — who are Jewish, Muslim and spiritual — and advocacy group Hoosier Jews for Choice have argued that state’s ban infringes on their beliefs. Their lawsuit specifically highlights the Jewish teaching that a fetus becomes a living ...

  • Peruvian judge orders 18-month detention for ousted president

    Peruvian judge orders 18-month detention for ousted president

    Dec 16, 2022 06:21 PM EST

    ... a handwritten letter shared Wednesday with The Associated Press by his associate, Mauro Gonzales, Castillo asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to intercede for his “rights and the rights of my Peruvian brothers who cry out for justice.” The commission investigates allegations of human rights violations and litigates ...

  • ‘You don’t teach prejudice by discussing its existence.’ How to talk to children about race and discrimination.

    ‘You don’t teach prejudice by discussing its existence.’ How to talk to children about race and discrimination.

    Dec 27, 2021 08:46 PM EST

    ... problem is that many people do not know that history, especially in places where ethnic studies is not taught. Mui has long been the advisor for his school’s Asian Pacific American club and a Metro Detroit Asian American youth leadership initiative sponsored by American Citizens for Justice. During the ...

  • Supreme Court mulls church-state separation again in religious school funding case

    Supreme Court mulls church-state separation again in religious school funding case

    Dec 08, 2021 11:45 PM EST

    John Yang: But that faith-based teaching is also why the state wouldn't allow tuition payments for Olivia, who graduated earlier this year and is now in college. So, the Carsons, backed by the Institute for Justice, a libertarian group, sued, saying that violated their First Amendment rights to ...

  • Romney OKs voting on Supreme Court nominee

    Romney OKs voting on Supreme Court nominee

    Sep 22, 2020 03:33 PM EST

    Before joining the 7th Circuit, she had made her mark in law primarily as an academic at the University of Notre Dame, where she received a law degree and later began teaching at age 30. She clerked at the Supreme Court for conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, worked at the Miller ...

  • Graham says GOP has votes to confirm Trump court pick by Nov. 3

    Graham says GOP has votes to confirm Trump court pick by Nov. 3

    Sep 22, 2020 01:36 PM EST

    ... of Notre Dame, where she received a law degree and later began teaching at age 30. She clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, clerked at the Supreme Court for Justice Antonin Scalia, worked at the Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin law firm in ...