Apr 18, 2019 | Press Releases
For Immediate ReleaseApril 18, 2019Media Contact: Janine WalshFAN Communications Coordinator(203) 685-1856walsh@franciscanaction.orgFranciscans Decry Administration’s Decision to Further Harm Asylum SeekersFranciscan Action Network (FAN) decries the decision by...
Apr 4, 2019 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2019CONTACT: media@cwsglobal.org | 202.733.5151Faith Groups and Activists Pressure Congress to ask Administration Where Are the RefugeesRefugee admissions lag far behind where they should be, leaving thousands of lives in dangerBrowse...
Mar 4, 2019 | Consistent Ethic of Life
Photographer John Henry reimagines the Pietà in moving photographs of black mothers and sons in his photo essay, “Stranger Fruit.”From his website:Stranger Fruit was created in response to the senseless murders of black men across the nation by police...
Feb 22, 2019 | Care for Creation
Maryland Catholics Advocate in AnnapolisOn Feb. 18th, in Annapolis, Maryland, Catholics from 19 parishes gathered (pictured, top) to march to the State House where they advocated with elected officials in support of the Maryland Clean Energy Jobs Act. Former FAN board...
Feb 20, 2019 | Immigration
February 20, 2019This President’s Day, a broad coalition coordinated rallies and events all over the country in protest of the declaration of a national emergency at the U.S. southern border. 277 events were held in 48 states with at least 50,000...