Jun 18, 2022 | Consistent Ethic of Life, FAN, Human Rights, Issues, Poverty
On June 18, 2022, Franciscan Action Network (FAN) coordinated a Franciscan and Catholic presence for the Poor People’s Campaign Moral March on Washington. Organizations who joined include NETWORK Lobby, Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), Sisters of...
Jun 16, 2022 | FAN, Press Releases
Immediate Release Media Contact: Janine Walsh | 203.685.1856 | walsh@franciscanaction.org Tobias Harkleroad | 301.509.7910 | tharkleroad@franciscanaction.org June 16, 2022 Catholic Presence at Poor People’s Campaign Washington, D.C. – A group of Catholic...
Jun 15, 2022 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
In May 2022, a delegation of religious leaders traveled to Kyiv in an emergency intervention seeking to contribute to ending aggression against Ukraine, the bombing of Ukrainian cities, and to pray for a just peace. This trip was planned in response to a call from...
Jun 2, 2022 | Consistent Ethic of Life, FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
As Franciscans, we believe all life is sacred. Preventing gun violence should not be a political issue. As we recently stated, “it is a pro-life issue and a moral issue. The more than 200 mass shootings so far this year show that it is long past time to review...
May 26, 2022 | FAN, Human Rights, Issues
During westward expansion of the United States, the Catholic Church as well as other religious organizations collaborated with the government to create a system of residential schools for Indigenous children. For well over a century, the intention of these schools was...
May 26, 2022 | FAN, Peacemaking, Press Releases
Immediate Release May 26, 2022 Media contact: Janine Walsh | 203.685.1856 | walsh@franciscanaction.org Franciscan Action Network Frustrated and Dismayed at yet Another Mass Shooting Committed to continue working against violence and injustice Washington, D.C....
